How To Think More Assertively Worksheet Template Page 3
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15--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ASSERT YOURSELF!
Take a minute and see if you can identify any more unassertive beliefs that you have.
Modules 6, 7, 8, and 9 deal with and identify unassertive thoughts associated with saying
“no”, coping with criticism, dealing with disappointment and giving and receiving criticism, so
you may get some ideas from those modules.
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Our Assertive Rights
Many of the ideas now associated with assertiveness training were first proposed in Manuel
J. Smith’s book “When I say No I feel Guilty” published in 1975. This book outlined a ten-
point “bill of assertive rights”. Assertive rights are the rights that we all have as human
beings. Some of these rights are:
• You have the right to judge your own behaviour, thoughts, and emotions, and to
take the responsibility for their initiation and consequences upon yourself.
• You have the right to say “no”.
• You have the right to offer no reasons or excuses for justifying your behaviour.
• You have the right to judge if you are responsible for finding solutions to other
people's problems.
• You have the right to change your mind.
• You have the right to disagree with someone’s opinion.
• You have the right to make mistakes - and be responsible for them.
• You have the right to say, 'I don't know'.
• 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'.
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