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Someone I know and trust, Diane Testa, is co-hosting a Chicago workshop in January. I want to highlight her message...
"It's time to acknowledge this past year's accomplishments and chart your course for 2010. Are you thriving in your life or in need of a change and new inspiration? In this results-focused workshop, you'll learn how to live deliberately and create a more fulfilling life rather than have the outside world shape it for you. With the help of a licensed psychologist, a corporate executive and feedback from peers, you'll be able to shift your consciousness to a mindful and peaceful place, and walk away with a roadmap to your Good Life. Take advantage of this creative but practical approach to self-awareness, assessing your life inventory, living with intention and overcoming barriers to establishing your own personal definition of success."
Register or find out more at Finding My Good Life.
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The assertiveness tip for today is the second in a series of tips from author Manuel Smith, creator of the 1970s seminal piece When I Say No, I Feel Guilty. Following is a helpful passage from the book to help those looking to obtain a more assertive posture. Enjoy!
"Many people learning to be assertive, often for the first time in their adult lives, do not understand why verbal skills like BROKEN RECORD are used. They ask: 'What do I do when the other person doesn't give in or is assertive to me also?' The answer to the question is that our true sense of self-respect has a priority over everything else. Consequently, if you keep your self-respect through exercising your assertive rights with skills like BROKEN RECORD, you will feel good even if you do not achieve your goal immediately...It is practical, whenever you feel that you self-respect is not in question, to offer a workable compromise to the other person."
What Smith tells us here is simple. As long as you don't loose your self-respect or dignity, remember that you have been assertive and are using healthy compromise skills.
In what situations can you see yourself employing a workable compromise?
