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What It Means to be a People Pleaser
I’ve been working to become more assertive (and less like a doormat) for a long, long time. I think it was in seventh or eighth grade that I realized that my shyness was a problem that would hold me...
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How to Become More Assertive
Last week I wrote about some of the symptoms of being a people pleaser, and I promised to share techniques I’ve used to move away from that behavior. I wish I could write an article entitled “How to...
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Taking the Red Pill
I haven’t been writing recently about being a people pleaser, or becoming more assertive, and other topics like that. You know why? Because it’s hard. It’s hard to change how you react to things. It’s...
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What Change Looks Like
I screwed up last week. Multiple times. Photo by Kate Sumbler. Here’s what happened. I got really excited about that vulnerability TED talk, which you can probably tell by reading what I’ve written...
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Assertiveness: an Intermediate Guide
1. Assertiveness is not the same as decisiveness. Some of my friends disagree with me on this one, but I actually feel very strongly about it. Sometimes the most assertive thing to say in a situation...
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30 Things I Learned in 2012
I’ve been trying to think of what other 2012 life lesson I should write about today. It’s problematic because I feel like I’ve learned so much, and I don’t want to choose only one thing. So I’m going...
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