OAK Assertiveness Training Course Degree 1: Stop Apologizing For Your Existence

Assertiveness isn't actually about being loud or forceful; in fact, the very first step toward finding your voice doesn't involve speaking at all, according to Joe Bandel's OAK Assertiveness Training. Most of us jump straight to the conflict, but Bandel argues that Degree 1 is really about identifying that internal spark—that quiet yes or no—before someone else’s expectations have a chance to overwrite it. It’s this idea of becoming perceptible to yourself before you try to be perceptible to the world.Support the show