Sentence examples for to assert oneself from inspiring English sources

"A possible explanation is that starting a new job makes it necessary to assert oneself in a new environment," the economists write.

By talking to representatives from industry, students can learn what industry wants and needs, they can expand their skills via placements organized by btS and thus learn at an early stage what it means to assert oneself as a scientist on the market".

And while of course the show is looking at male rage and frustrated desires and the need to assert oneself, Gil's arc isn't convincing as he grows from wimpy to quietly confident and then back to wimpy and then something entirely new at the end.

Presumably, the ability to assert oneself is dependent on the bonding status (and is stronger in females than in males), since most of the conflicts are initiated by bonded birds.

Changes in self-confidence, often linked to an increase in self-efficacy and sense of control, included confidence to seek a new partner, to cope with or to change jobs, or to assert oneself within a relationship.

As for those who are intellectuals or involved in progressive or left-leaning work, to identify and assert oneself as Hindu in India is tantamount to asserting the obvious majoritarian privileges that come with being Hindu.

(This was personified so beautifully and gently this past week by Rabbi Shimon Miara, our scribe here in Cambridge.) As a scribe, transmitting Torah from one generation to the next, one does not assert oneself, one does not sign one's work, or add personal flourishes, much less words, and one does not (heaven forefend) subtract.

One nurse commented: "a self-confident nurse can assert oneself and this is the way one can show one's capabilities and implement his decisions in patient care".

Resistance: Asserting oneself in the face of threats to dignity.

WORDS, WORDS, WORDS Dear Vice, Most of us have noticed that asserting oneself almost exclusively through criticism is great for a while but quickly comes to feel empty, disingenuous, and selfish.

The themes of the programme are: concerns about falls; thoughts about falling; physical exercise; asserting oneself; overcoming personal barriers; safe behaviour; and managing concerns about falls (see Table 1).