Luqman's musings

One of the commenters on Nitu Bhojwani's post had said: “Assertiveness is a state of Balanced Emotions. It's a way how you constructively use your Anger.” When you write as I do in a blog there is no place for anger. One may get angry when talking or discussing with another. However when one writes a blog one is usually calm and collected. I usually write whatever I want to write and check it again before posting it the following day. As such I can be assertive without being angry.

There is another comment on Nitu Bhojwani’s original post that I would like all readers to ponder over.  “ It's always the struggle between what is right and what is presumed to be right. Sigh!”   The commenter above has hit the nail on the head. As mentioned in my previous article, 40 years ago, one professor had said that ‘Phonological awareness deficit is the cause of dyslexia’ (loosely kids who are unable to read) and more than 100 professors had echoed it without thinking. All these professors had ‘presumed that statement to be right.’ 

Recently I engaged in a discussion on a post by a friend, Nitu Bhojwani on LinkedIn. I made a few comments and thought that this will be an excellent material for a post in my own blog. Here is a definition of assertiveness from the internet:  ‘ Assertiveness is a skill regularly referred to in social and communication skills training. Being assertive means being able to stand up for your own or other people's rights in a calm and positive way, without being either aggressive, or passively accepting 'wrong'.’