Sentence examples for need to be assertive from inspiring English sources

"Patients need to be assertive if their symptoms are not what are typically expected.

"You need to be assertive," Dr. Malka said, holding a syringe.

Duke has an edge over the Bulldogs in talent and size, which means it will need to be assertive to exploit that.

"They need to be cool strategists, they need to be assertive polemicists, they need to raise spirits from time to time, they need to moderate hopes continually, they need to be Stakhanovite workers and effective executive managers," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One show.

It asserts girls' right to wear "sexy" clothes, their right to say, "no", the need to be assertive and to protect against male violence.

33 Proactivity was associated with provision of medication lists, a felt need to be assertive, initiation of PCP follow-up postdischarge and intentional modification of personal behaviour and clinical information disclosure to facilitate progression through the system; "I have to 'play act' when I see a GP.

He just needs to be assertive and gracious and avoid stepping into a hit or looking rattled".

She said she particularly enjoyed a series of workshops called "Leadership for Rebels" that focused on "communicating better, not only speaking up in class but how to approach a professor, how to manage personal relationships, how to speak up in a personal relationship with your friends, partner or parents, and how to be assertive if you need to be".

She envisaged that further difficulties might occur in relationships, e.g., when she took on greater responsibility at work, but that she now felt more able to be assertive about her own needs.

We need to be more assertive in the world.

THE ECONOMIST: What's your response to the claim by Richard Reeves and Jeremy Browne who say that the Lib Dems need to be more assertive in their liberalism?