If a girl thinks you're not assertive enough to ask for her phone number, how can she expect you to impress her when you hang out?
Call it Lasorda's law: Being just assertive enough, while not easy for any boss, is one of the most important features of a good one.
They are also looking for a person who is assertive enough to speak loudly and lead a group through a potentially crowded museum.
His father was a scientist – a geologist who did mapping for the government – and yet was politically assertive enough to emigrate to Spain in the mid-1980s because of Margaret Thatcher.
Those who fault President Obama for not being belligerent enough toward Russia and Iran — or assertive enough in dealing with the crises in Iraq, Gaza, Syria and Afghanistan — would do well to remember how poorly the feckless bravado of President Nixon served us and our allies in Vietnam.
You have to be assertive enough to take your career in your own hands.
Carol: Times were hard before I became assertive enough to say, "You need to do some of this".
Obviously, you want people to be assertive enough to leap forward, but you also want them to be self-aware enough to honestly evaluate themselves.
1 56 p.m. | Updated Mitt Romney faulted the Obama administration on Sunday for its policy on Syria in the wake of a brutal crackdown in the city of Houla that killed scores of civilians, saying the president has failed to be assertive enough in confronting the Assad government.
For example, merging lanes in fast-moving traffic requires a driver to be both assertive enough to complete the maneuver without causing others to brake and smooth enough to feel pleasant to our passengers".
"England were not assertive enough in their batting, they just didn't score enough runs quickly enough.
