Assertiveness

Assertiveness 

Assertiveness, a word many of use do not use in our everyday vocabulary. but it is not such a stranger to us. assertiveness defines an individuals confidence in behavior or style.

 “Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of your reality is not their reality."
- Shannon L. Alder

In this quote by Shannon l. Alder, you can clearly see how to stay assertive, by not changing who you are for other people, to stay how you are, to keep your confidence and style the same not matter what. An example of this quote is when I was lonely at HPIAM for the first year of school, I was invited over to sit with some friends to, over the time they eventually tried to manipulate me into becoming someone or something I was not, I changed from a scholar to a lonely Failure. I eventually changed and became a better person for myself.