THE ASSERTIVENESS POCKET BOOK phần 5 pot

RIGHTS & RESPONSIBILITIES

BASIC ASSERTIVE RIGHTS

To set your own goals and objectives

● You have the right to set your own goals

● Life is not a dress rehearsal; you don’t have the luxury of a replay or extra time - this

is it, and you are in control of what you want to do

● If you do not set your own agenda you will quickly find that you will be working to

one set by others, who will not necessarily have your interests at heart

To refuse a request or say ‘NO’

● You have the right to refuse

● When you are working to your own agenda and deciding what is and is not important,

there will be a limited time for you to do what you want; when others make demands

on your time you will have to decide whether or not you wish to give it

● Now and then you will want to say ‘Yes’ to yourself and ‘No’ to others - saying ‘No’

occasionally does not make you selfish; it makes you someone who is as concerned

for yourself as you are for others

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