How to Express Yourself Without Hurting Someone or Sounding Bossy
While it's a good thing to be assertive and express your beliefs, you also want to do this in a compassionate and respectful way. When you try to force your views on others, they'll resent you for it and then they're less likely to consider your point of view. A part of learning to get along with others is realizing that you'll never agree with them on everything because everybody's personalities are different, but you can still hold decent conversations in spite of your disagreements.
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State why you believe certain things. For example, if you tell your older sisters that you believe women's primary roles should be in the home and they disagree, mention that you feel this way because the mother is often the one who provides the emotional and spiritual support to children and that when women work many hours, they miss out on opportunities to contribute to their children's well-being.
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Don't speak in an arrogant or angry tone. If you strongly feel that today's teens are not as motivated as teens in previous decades but your good friend doesn't think this is true, don't get defensive and criticize her for disagreeing with you. Also, if you know your brother is wrong for dating women only for their money or what he can get sexually, don't yell harsh insults or belittle his character in front of other relatives. Instead, politely tell him in private that you don't approve of his actions but, as his sister, you still love him.
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Find out why others hold to a certain opinion. For example, if your two nephews don't believe in marriage, ask them why they feel this way. Maybe your nephews didn't witness good examples of marriage as children and they're afraid they'll have a bad marriage too.
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