Assertiveness (or assertive behavior) is the ability to express one’s feelings‚ opinions‚ beliefs and needs directly‚ openly and honestly‚ assert one’s rights whilst respecting the feelings and rights of another (Lloyd‚ 1998). Assertiveness is a form of communication in which needs or wishes are stated clearly with respect for oneself and the other person in the interaction. Assertive communication is distinguished from passive communication (in which needs or wishes go unstated) and aggressive
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gestures‚ and animals communicate by touch and non-language sound. In this writing I will address the verbal communication goal of "owning your feelings and thoughts." The communication goal "Own your feelings and thoughts" deals with taking responsibility for yourself by using language that owns your thoughts and feelings. Taking responsibility for your feelings involves deal with using "I" language instead of "you" language. I chose this goal because I often find myself using "you" language whenever
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Finding A Way Back The term immigrant is defined as “a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence” (“Immigrant”). In her autobiography‚ Barefoot Heart‚ Elva Trevino Hart speaks of her immigrant ways and how she fought to become the Mexican-American writer she is today. She speaks about the working of land‚ the migrant camps‚ plus the existence she had to deal with in both the Mexican and American worlds. Hart tells the story of her family and the trials they went through along
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for ever in my life was my first dog. I still remember the day when my dad bought me a puppy Chihuahua for my birthday. It was instant love the very moment I looked into his watery eyes. My father warned me that this was a big responsibility for me and that I should be very careful if I was to keep this dog. He told me that I would need to work very hard at keeping this dog as it was a living being and it would need a lot of my attention. From that day on‚ I focused all my energies on my little dog
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The Monster You Can’t See It is a feeling of deep sadness that lies within somebody. Some people may know what it feels like to be temporarily sad and have the feeling eventually go away. This is a feeling that stays with a person on an everyday basis. The person usually will hide this pain to the outside world‚ but is struggling with it on the inside. Depression is a feeling of constant sadness. There doesn’t have to be just one thing to trigger it‚ but a bunch of things that happen over time
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can remember all my feelings and exactly how I felt. well before I tell you my memory‚ I would like to give you some background information about my grandfather‚ mike. He was one of the most loving guy you could ever meet. He was always known of putting people before him‚ and he is my hero‚ he has all the traits of a hero and when I am older I wish I could be like him‚ unfortunately almost two years ago he passed away‚ and that brings me to my story. April 17th 2009‚I went to my grandfathers house
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To what extent is All My Sons a tragedy concerned with the concept of American Materialism? All My Sons is a play concerned with capitalistic culture being pitted against human decency‚ in which the culprit is the ‘self-made’ man; an image promoted by the American dream‚ which states that even an impoverished‚ disadvantaged youth can attain prestige and wealth through determination‚ hard work and moral integrity. Joe Keller is this self-made man‚ one who came from a working class background to
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Listen to my voice….you will concentrate on my voice….and only my voice…..now concentrate on my voice….all outside noises start to fade….outside noises are starting to become irrelevant….concentrate on your breathing….each breath in takes the same time as each breath out ….each breath in takes the same time as each breath out…….listen to my voice…..concentrate on my voice…..my voice will help you to achieve that natural state to achieve change…….to achieve your goals…. Still listening to my voice…
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OUTSIDER The story I am going to tell you is about my experience when I felt like an outsider. Being isolated from others can be difficult and frustrated. Sometimes people would treat you different because you are not the same as them. In life‚ there is a point where someone would feel like an outsider. Getting used to the isolation feeling can take a while‚ but you can overcome it by getting involves. You may feel like an outsider at the beginning but then later on things will eventually change
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People are very busy these days to care about their careers and hobbies. There is no time left to be aware of other’s trouble‚ to be sensitive to other’s unhappy feelings‚ and to actually help others to solve their problems. Through this definition essay‚ I would like to convey a message to others that the empathy to other’s concerns‚ feelings‚ troubles in life is a good thing to learn. These days people seem to have a lot of things to care about. Kids care about which computer games they are going
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