Your Perfect Right -- 10th edition

C O N T E N T S

Acknowledgements

Introduction to the Tenth Edition

PART I:  YOU AND YOUR PERFECT RIGHT
    1.  Assertiveness and You
    2.  How Assertive Are You Now?
    3.  Keep Track of Your Growth

PART II:  DISCOVERING ASSERTIVENESS
    4.  Whose Perfect Right?
    5.  What It Means to Be Assertive
    6.   “Can You Give Me an Example?”

PART III:  BECOMING ASSERTIVE
    7.   Set Goals for Yourself
    8.   It’s Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It!
    9.   Assertive Messages — Twenty-First Century Style
  10.   Thinking Assertively
  11.   There’s Nothing to Be Afraid Of
  12.   It’s a Skill You Can Learn
  13.   Take It One Step at a Time

PART IV:  BUILDING ASSERTIVE RELATIONSHIPS
  14.   Assertiveness Builds Equal Relationships
  15.   All in the Family: Assertiveness for Parents, Children, and Seniors
  16.   Assertiveness, Intimacy, and Sexuality

PART V:  APPLYING YOUR ASSERTIVENESS
  17.  Anger 101: It’s Not a Four-Letter Word
  18.  Anger 102: What You Can Do About It
  19.  Must We Put Up with Put-Downs?
  20.  Assertiveness Works at Work Too
  21.  Dealing with Difficult People

PART VI:  LIVING AN ASSERTIVE LIFE
  22.  Deciding When to Be Assertive — or Not
  23.  When Assertiveness Doesn't Work
  24.  Helping Others Deal with the New Assertive You
  25.  Beyond Assertiveness

Appendix: Assertiveness Practice Situations
 
References
 
Online Resources 
 
Index