ASKING FOR WHAT YOU WANT
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. —Dr Seuss
Do you want a particular birthday gift from a family member but feel impertinent asking for it? Maybe you want to ask for help with moving home? How about asking for time off work? Need an errand done? How can you get your colleague to do it during his lunch hour? Perhaps you want a friend to do the driving when you go out together at the weekend?
Are there situations where you’d like to feel more confident to assert yourself and ask for what you want? It isn’t always easy to make requests; we worry that others will see us as needy, pushy or demanding, or that we’ll be turned down and feel rejected ...
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