Each and every human being has the right to dignity, respect and courtesy.
Human adjustment requires standing up for your rights.
By not standing up for your rights, you encourage others to continue treating you
in a way that devalues you. We teach others how to treat us.
If you choose not to exercise your rights, you can’t be resentful of people who do.
By not expressing yourself, it allows things to build up inside resulting in tension
and the possibility of responding in an inappropriate and hurtful way later.
It is unavoidable to live a life without unintentionally hurting someone.
Being polite out of fear of being offensive is a sure way of either destroying a relationship
or preventing one from really forming.
If you don’t tell someone how you feel or what you think, you deny them the opportunity
to change.
Each person has the right to express themselves as long as the rights of others are
not being violated.
Being assertive can be talked about in counseling.
