Assertiveness is a vital social skill and core component of emotional intelligence. Because interpersonal conflict is common in life, we need an effective way to handle these situations, and assertive ...

Many people think they are behaving assertively when they are really being aggressive or downright rude. And even though there are dozens of excellent books on “How To Be Assertive” and many people ...

When we're making changes, we have a desire to do things differently, to work to change our behavior and also change the outcomes. Moreover, we need to learn what to do in order to get what we want.

For many people, the difference between being assertive and being aggressive is not the behavior itself, but the person doing it. How we feel about that behavior is not always consistent. In many ...