Assertive or Aggressive

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Are You Assertive or Aggressive? I am more of an assertive individual rather that an aggressive type. Yes I challenge myself to be competitive in any area of work or environment I am assigned to and assert an ideal reputation for myself with colleagues but not to the extent that I become aggressive in terms of competition, decision making and taking risks. Yes I am a go-getter yet I usually take things in a slower phase in a way that I study first the given circumstance, plan and point out my objectives, obtain possible opportunities and asses the best procedures to be taken. I have goals and immediately assert success for I know my capabilities as an individual and I believe that with patience I could achieve anything that I would like to attain. I prefer to describe myself as assertive that aggressive because there is a lot of danger and risk involved with the latter. For me, being aggressive is grabbing an option just because it appears to be the best, making decisions that are may give high returns but has high risk of failure and putting all efforts on one uncertain choice at all cost without assurance of success. I am not saying that aggressiveness is equivalent to failure, I’m just emphasizing my perspective and that it’s just not the way I am. I have gained a certain degree of confidence to myself due to past experiences but I do not normally go to battle without studying the risks involved and gearing myself for

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