A BILL OF ASSERTIVE RIGHTS

Assertiveness is -

• Getting what you want without hurting others.
• Being rational and open.
• Protecting your values and self worth respectively.
• Knowing when to assert and when to give up gracefully
  

Assertive rights -

• You have the rights to judge your own behaviour, thoughts and emotion, and to take the responsibility for their initation and consequences upon yourself.
• You have the right to offer no reasons or excuses for justifying you behaviour.
• You have the right to change.
• You have the right to judge if you are responsible for finding solutions to other people’s problem.
• You have the right to make mistake - and be responsible for them
• You have the right to say, “ I don’t know ”.
• You have the right to be independent of the goodwill of others before coping with them.
• You have the right to be illogical in making decisions.
• You have the right to say , “I don’t understand”.
• You have the right to say , “I don’t care”.
• You have the right to say “no”, without feeling guilty.

Result of negative feelings -

• About self - Anxiety, fear, stress.
• About others - Anger.
• About life - Depression, frustration