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Don’t Be Overly Aggressive
Being aggressive is akin to being dominating. It’s taking charge too often and too energetically without allowing others a role or input in the decision or situation. When you are being aggressive, you are only interested in satisfying your own objectives and concerns, and are not interested in others. If fact, aggressive people tend to ignore the interests of others.
Assignment
Are you too aggressive with others? If so, take a look as Ideas 77 through 79 for some ideas to adjust your behaviors.
As you can guess, being aggressive is not conducive to building good relationships with other people.
Being assertive is much more acceptable, and powerful in building relationships. Assertive behaviors simply ensure that ...
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