Life Skills: How To Be Assertive Without Being A Jerk

Call it Personal Growth, Development, Transformation, Life Coaching. It's Communicating in a Practical & Effective Way

What you'll learn
Learn that your comfort zone isn't
Understand the eight levels of interacting intensity
Know how and when to be assertive
Know the signs of passivity
Know and overcome the causes of passivity
Understand and overcome the barriers to being assertive
Know how to set up being assertive
Know when to go from assertive to aggression to rage
Know what to do to change
Know how to measure success
Learn how to use specific practice behaviors
Learn three super communication methods
Boost your confidence
Learn to say "no" kindly
Requirements
No required skills or experience. Anyone and everyone is welcome.
A desire to be all you can be.
Description
Life Skills: How to Be Assertive Without Being a JerkPeople who are not assertive are usually kind, thoughtful, caring people, with good intentions. Trouble is, they pay a price for being nice. They often give way to the interests of others, get stepped on, ignored, suffer self-esteem issues and otherwise do not live full and rich lives.Since these people do not want to harm others, they are afraid of acting more assertively and have difficulty changing. They would like to be heard, but not by becoming a jerk.Course instructor Bob Brown has been helping people with this problem for 50 years and knows how you can find your place in the sun.You will learn how to begin changing right away. The goal will be for you to have normal people interactions and to be assertive when that is necessary. You will learn what to do and what not to do. You will learn specific and unique tools, such as Ob-Quest and the Columbo Technique. Some of the lessons will come from Bob's stories, like his brother-in-law and the full apple barrel.Bob's courses are informal and friendly, usually containing unique concepts and techniques that he has created over his half-century of experience.If you would like to become more assertive yet still caring about others or want to learn how to communicate better, this course is worth a look. Watch the preview material and dive in. Welcome.A Set of Courses for Exceptional LivesThese courses are ideal if you want to live a unique, independent life, separate from the herd. They’re for you if you seek a full and meaningful life, but aren’t sure how to do that.Life isn’t easy. How can you know with confidence you’re doing it right? You have searched, but don’t yet feel totally confident. A thousand books and courses offer a thousand ideas. Bob’s courses go a step farther. He doesn’t tell you what to think, but what to think about.Bob's personal development courses follow that old saying, "if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day, if you teach him to fish, you feed him for a lifetime." Bob teaches both skills and concepts. If you want both training and an education, this is the place; tools and ideas. Each course provides ideas to explore and skills to try out. You choose the topic and in about three hours or less, you’ll acquire advanced life skills, enabling you to build a life unique to you.This set of courses is ideal for these topics: Personal Development, Life Purpose, Motivation, Communication Skills, Listening Skills, Relationship Building, Positive Psychology and Spirituality.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 The Basic Idea

Lecture 3 Your "Comfort" Zone Isn't Comfortable

Lecture 4 Eight Intensities of Interaction

Lecture 5 Normal AND Assertive

Section 2: Typical Tendencies

Lecture 6 Introduction

Lecture 7 Mind "Rape"

Lecture 8 Over-Worrying

Lecture 9 Over-Thinking

Lecture 10 Negative Thinking

Lecture 11 Fear of Others' Reactions

Lecture 12 Protecting Self Esteem

Lecture 13 Behavior Habit

Section 3: Signs You Are Not Assertive

Lecture 14 Introduction

Lecture 15 Saying "Yes" or Saying Nothing

Lecture 16 You Rarely Want or Need Anything

Lecture 17 You're Frustrated

Lecture 18 You Always Have an Excuse

Section 4: Why You Do This to Yourself

Lecture 19 Introduction

Lecture 20 You Don't Want to be Selfish

Lecture 21 You Don't Want to Hurt Others

Lecture 22 You Don't Want Anyone to be Angry

Lecture 23 You Have Low Self Esteem

Lecture 24 You Have Low Self Confidence

Section 5: What You Can Do

Lecture 25 Introduction

Lecture 26 Make a Decision

Lecture 27 Start & End Conversations

Lecture 28 Say "No"

Lecture 29 Express Positive & Negative Emotions

Lecture 30 Ask for a Favor

Lecture 31 Bring Up an Issue

Lecture 32 Always Tell the Truth…

Lecture 33 Be Firm About Your Opinion

Section 6: What to Change

Lecture 34 Introduction

Lecture 35 Have Reasonable Expectations

Lecture 36 Body Language

Lecture 37 Speak Up

Lecture 38 Listen, Really Listen

Lecture 39 Revise as Needed

Section 7: Think About

Lecture 40 Introduction

Lecture 41 RESPECT

Lecture 42 The Future Doesn't Exist

Lecture 43 Reinventing Your Place in the Universe

Section 8: Three Communication Tools

Lecture 44 Introduction

Lecture 45 The Ob-Quest Technique

Lecture 46 The "Tell Me More" Method

Lecture 47 The "Columbo" Technique

Section 9: Next Steps

Lecture 48 Introduction

Lecture 49 The Life Circle

Lecture 50 Failure is Always an Option

Lecture 51 Watch Out for Guilt Trippers

Lecture 52 One Last Thought (Quote)

Lecture 53 Thank You

Course is designed to help people become more productively assertive but not overly assertive.