This powerful self-help resource offers a compendium of tools for achieving a high level of assertiveness. Assertiveness, the book argues, is more than a simple skill--it is a whole lifestyle philosophy. Through cultivating and applying assertiveness in their lives, readers can in turn improve their relationships, express their feelings in a more direct and open manner, ask for what they need without inhibition, develop their capacity for dialogue, firmly demand that their rights be respected, work through differences, and avoid unnecessary conflict.