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Role of Assertiveness in Career Building

By Exforsys | on February 4, 2009 |
Assertive Skills

Being assertive is a critical skill for building one’s career. In the workplace environment, being assertive is incredibly important. When it all comes down to it, your superiors will care little about your attendance record, or how nice of a person you are.

In most cases, your employers will remember you if you are an individual who is capable of working towards your own goals and ideas. While being assertive is important in your work environment, this is not the only place where it should be used. Having an assertive attitude is necessary in most situations, whether you are at home, at work, or even on vacation.

One reason why assertiveness can allow you to enhance your career is because those who are assertive tend to be those who are able to reach higher goals and achieve bigger ambitions. To become more assertive, there are a number of important things that you will want to keep in mind.

The very first thing that you must remember, and probably the most important, is that assertiveness is not equal to aggressiveness. The biggest difference between being assertive and being aggressive is that being aggressive will often backfire.

It causes resentment and anger among people, who will either try to avoid you or perhaps even fight you. If you show aggressive behavior in your place of work, you will alienate yourself from both your co-workers and employers, and this will definitely act as a barrier when it comes to enhancing your career.

One important tip for becoming more assertive is to be subtle. When you have an idea, you should pitch it to others in a very soft manner. But it is always a bad idea to force your idea on others.

Self Confidence and Assertiveness

You will never become more assertive if you do not have confidence in yourself. To become more assertive, there are a lot of separate skills that you will need to develop, and it can be argued that self confidence is the most important of these.

If you are the type of person who has low self esteem, or you’re constantly worried about what others think of you, then you’re an individual who is lacking when it comes to self confidence. You can’t become assertive without first developing faith in yourself and your abilities.

In addition to becoming more assertive in the workplace, you will also want to be assertive when dealing with anyone in a social standing. The key thing to remember with being assertive is that you must always be moderate. You cannot allow yourself to be a push over, but you also do not want to be overly aggressive.

The biggest mistake that people make is that they fall under either one of two categories, they are either far too passive, or they are far too aggressive. Those who are a balance between the two are quite rare.

Despite this, these are the individuals who are mostly likely to get the promotions. These are the individuals who are most likely to get dates, and they are the individuals who are the most likely to get raises and high paying jobs.

As long as you are too aggressive, or too passive, you will always find opportunities passing you by. This is a terrible thing, because it means that you’re not living life to the fullest. What is the point of living if you’re going to live a life where you cannot reach your potential?

Getting What You Want in Life

We live in a world where everyone looks out for themselves. This means that no one has any problem walking over you at any time. It is up to you to go out and get what you want in life, no matter what that is. But to do that, you have to become an assertive individual. You must be able to get what you want without stepping on all the toes of those around you. While being aggressive can get you far, you will often fall, and when you do, you tend to fall very hard.

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