Will Being Assertive Allow You To Make Your Mark In Life?

Are you assertive? Do we know what it means and the affects on other people? Do we really care, and should we care?

We all communicate in our own way. Some people are very articulate. Others use body language more than others. Some people are loud, others quiet. Some are forceful, others listen well.

We all have our way. And we all have the need to be understood. Is that not the purpose of communication - to be understood? Not to say long words. Not to talk quickly. Not to talk down or up to people. No, just to be understood.

To get our point across. To participate. To share.

And for all of us to belong.

We are not all that different at the end of the day. When we realize that we can understand a few more things. That we all want to be accepted. We want to be respected. We want to feel a part of things.

So many a time that we are demanding we should consider where the other guy/gal is coming from. We are trying to get our point across, but how does it sound from the other side of the table, or the three or so feet that divides us.

There may be this divide between us but is this really a barrier. At times yes, other times . . .

So being assertive where does this get us. Do we just shout? Are we using more forceful argument? Our body language is showing our inner thoughts and feelings to the person(s) we are communicating with.

What are they seeing and feeling and thinking about this discourse? If only we knew.