Review: An Extremely Useful Book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2013
Judy Murphy has succeeded!  I read this book as I was looking for some ways to explain to my tween child that he needs to be more assertive, rather than more aggressive. Kids (older) these days are being bullied beyond what anyone really knows.  I have made it my business to teach my kids assertiveness, saying no, etc.  Not only did I find exactly what I was looking for, I found that there are ideas that I can use in my own life.This book is a wonderful for people of any age, from children up to senior citizens. I shared some ideas from the book with friends and some older relatives who are known to let people "walk" on them because they don't know how to say "NO" when they don't want to do something, and they liked what they heard and were interested in reading more.There are examples for many situations that one wouldn't even consider as an area where assertiveness should be used.  For example, this book teaches you how to be assertive in order to earn respect and be treated like you want (deserve) to be treated, to improve intimate and working relationships, and even how to handle rude or unacceptable customer service issues.The section on how to raise assertive chi ldren was especially helpful to me as I continue to show my children that not everyone in the world is aggressive and one does not have to be aggressive to get where they want to be in life.  My kids and I were reading parts from the book together, and they deemed it useful for many situations.This book is a must read!  Everyone can take something from it and use it in their day-to-day life in order to be assertive.