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I teach go-getters in life how to take their thoughts captive, how to step out of the shadows of self-doubt, and how to courageously step into their purpose with confidence.

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Hey, we're so appreciate you being here on the show. We are talking today about how to be more assertive. This is episode 459.

And in this episode, we're going to be talking about the relationship between fear, people pleasing perfectionism, and lack of assertiveness.

We're going to talk about the skill of being assertive, and how to learn it in a natural way for you.

We're going to talk about why we aren't assertive enough, and what you're missing out on because of it.

So, I mean, say differently, why you should want to be more assertive. I'm going to give you 10 very simple practical ways to practice the skill of being assertive.

And you might be thinking, I don't know if I need more assertiveness. I don't want to be pushy. I don't want to be inconvenience. I don't want to be a burden. I don't want to be that person.

And if that is where your brain is going, don't worry. There's nothing that has gone wrong.

Our brains have certain default neuro pathways, right?

And they're set things, and your thinking is based on how you've always thought.

And I want to challenge you in today's episode to think about assertiveness in a different way often.

The only thing that's keeping you from the life you want is your willingness to be assertive.

Is your willingness to step in because so many of us wait.

We want an opportunity to be offered to us versus asking for an opportunity.

We want to advocate for ourselves, but we want the opportunity to be so easy and obvious that we can easily step into it.

Assertiveness is confidence activated and expressed in a social situation.

And it's what we all can be stepping up our game on.

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