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Created on: February 04, 2009 Last Updated: May 14, 2009
After all, if you do not, then they take advantage and try to bully you into paying extra for a rude service and not much else.
Assertiveness
My cats kept banging on that cat flap; they were freaky but easy to get on with. They loved their food and any loving company. One always kept me company at night, though it was a struggle to ascertain that one would always be there.
I was confident that I was capable to gaining a good income, though I was going to have to make changes to my attitude. I was intelligent, but a bit aggressive at times, though I could be assertive when I really wanted. Though, a lot of people did not like this at all, since they were forced to meet me in the middle and it often gave them more work to do. I thought that people probably gossiped about what was happening and they were being told all sorts of stories from so many different people.
Though, people in certain areas were loud mouthed and brash and could not stand being invaded by somebody who was from a different sort of family, that had done extremely well.
These sorts of people became extremely jealous and spiteful. And took advantage of you for their own uses.
I myself was slightly shy and panicked at times. People pushed me to change when I was younger, but it had happened again lately and too many people were tactless and did not think of the customer at all.
They just thought of their jobs and what they could get out of the customer.
I was becoming more clever and stronger, though I was not happy about being torn away from my friends who I had gone with for drinks last year, fairly regularly. They were determined to help me, when I called them, as much as they could and keep in contact. But now I did not have time and was busy keeping my fingers moving on this memorised keyboard!
Waiting in for somebody who I tried and tried to arrange, but I was in the cold for too long and now my brain was beginning to tick in the right direction. I was more stable than I had been in the last few months.
Having had one good exercise for the week was enough at the moment at the local gym. I was determined not to suffer. I had to have an income, however hard I had to work. I would do my best not to fall behind with anything now. It was necessary.
It was important to communicate assertively, even if it annoyed people somewhat, though not everybody would be happy with assertiveness, but it would attract a better type of character.
After all, if you do not, then they take advantage and try to bully you into paying extra for a rude service and not much else.
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