I, too have issues with being a "weak" personality... and I know it's nothing to do with physical presence, it's to do with state of mind...
Today, for example, a man working for a competing electricity company came to the door with the intent to get me to sign up for this company. I saw him, and immediately thought, "I don't want to change my electricity provider". So what happened???
Well, basically, somehow, I ended up signing on the dotted line. How??? I don't know! Well, err, I do know... I just didn't have the courage to stand up and say, "No thanks, I'm not interested". He mentioned a cooling off period, and somewhere I just thought, "Ahh well, I can always call up and cancel". Which is stupid.
I think it's all about the courage to stick with your convictions and say, "NO" when you have to, instead of worrying about the other person. (I have no idea why I would worry about what some door knocking guy would think if I said no...)
I guess you can't get pushed around if you just refuse to let yourself be pushed around! This is obviously something I also need to work hard on!!  |