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Aggressive, Assertive of Passive?

Assertiveness is a method of communication that lets others know your ideas and feelings, while respecting their feelings as well.
A person behaving aggressively states her feelings directly, but she violates the rights of others. For example, suppose a neighbor asks you to baby-sit her four children and you don’t want to.

Clean Up Your Language With These 7 Assertive Techniques

Use this 7-point assertive language guide to get your unsatisfactory relationships back on track.
If you want to put your relationships onto a more assertive footing, and earn more respect from others, there’s no better way to do it than to use the following 7 verbal techniques.