How To Be More Assertive

#assertiveness #assertivecommunication #socialskills 🎥 The Art of Social Poise (Course): coming soon 👀 🧠 Behaviour Change in 90 Days (Course): coming soon 👀 💎 NOK Academy (mental flourishing & social skills): coming later 👀 Join The Big 3 Newsletter to get: - 1 mental health hack - 1 social skills tip - 1 personal realisation every Thursday straight to your inbox (It's Free!): ⬇️🔥 https://www.newelofknowledge.com/ - (Plus you'll get first hand access to all upcoming courses) Twitter: https://twitter.com/NewelOfKnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newelofknow/?hl=en-gb Subscribe!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5fy9izAhlANCISUdU8quDg?sub_confirmation=1 More than 70% of you said you’d like to become more assertive but you have no idea how to do so. And I don’t blame you, because I don’t remember anyone in school telling us how to stand up for ourselves to protect our needs and wants. So within the next few minutes I’m going to give you the only guide you’ll ever need to become more assertive, so your relationships with others can stop operating with the power imbalance between a snail and a lion. Whether you’re the snail or the lion, I’ll let you decide. 0:00 Snails & lions 0:24 What is assertiveness? 4:34 (1) Where are you on the continuum? 7:54 (2) The 3 part assertion message 9:21 (3) Pro tips for delivering your 3 part assertive message 16:04 (4) Dealing with defensiveness (the push-push-back phenomenon) 17:47 Assertive body language 20:46 (5) Pro tips continued 25:55 (6) A quick fire way to stop someone’s behaviour 26:51 (7) The 6 ways of saying no 27:18 Summary