o Tell others what you like and expect from them.
o Don’t keep your honest feelings and thoughts to yourself, believe that your feelings matter.
o Tell people who are rude to you that you find their behaviour to be unkind.
o Don’t respond to others apologetically; don’t belittle yourself since belittling remarks will not win anybody’s respect.
o Learn to say no in a polite way when you don’t want something.
o Restrict the demands you allow others to impose on you.
o Be clear about your own priorities so that you can make good decisions about what you will and will not do.
o Don’t be confrontational: simply state what you want without emotions.
o Don’t feel guilty about not doing what everyone else wants you to do.