Re: Assertive…
So I deal with public and some people can get damn aggressive and abusive and if you show passiveness they get even more aggressive. I had to train lovely Bridgette and now Kristy in being assertive and it works like a charm. They also teach assertiveness in potentially violent situations. I asked Bridgette to project confidence in her posture, in her body language, in her tone of voice etc. Bullies pounce on scent of weakness. If a guy starts yelling, you look at him non aggressively and in a confident and calm voice say to him sir you are raising your voice and that is making me uneasy could you kindly lower your voice and 99 percent of the time you get compliance. If I meet a thug he wants my money and if I show fear he gets more on a power trip, stay calm, confident voice, posture etc, Say to him it is cool man no problem at all, you can have my wallet. If I start whimpering, crying etc thug get more violent, if I get aggressive I get killed.