BE ASSERTIVE ON-THE-SPOT: Tips for Being Assertive When You Need to (avoid not knowing what to say!)

In this video, you’ll learn how to be assertive on-the-spot and in the moment. These tips will help you avoid getting brain freeze - where you stand there not knowing what to say! Sometimes we’re caught off guard with rude comments or negative remarks from people. Often this happens when we’re in a stressful or difficult conversation. It can be really hard to know how to respond or what to say to that person on-the-spot.
The reason you get this brain freeze is because you’re experiencing the fight or flight response. I explain in this video what that is all about and why it prevents you from responding assertively on the spot. Then I delve into five techniques to help you respond assertively so you can tell the other person what you truly think and feel. No more suppressing your internal thoughts, feelings or opinions. It’s time to let the other person know what they are!
00:00 Be assertive on-the-spot
00:48 Why is it so hard to think of a response on the spot?
01:00 What is the flight or flight response?
03:06 Tip 1: Calm your stress response
03:40 Adopt confident body language
04:50 Tip 2: Be prepared (if you can)
06:23 Tip 3: Listen first
08:28 Tip 4: Get your key message clear in your mind
10:09 Tip 5: Re-write previous difficult conversations
12:04 Final message about being assertive
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  • @kararonin
    @kararonin3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! Do you get brain freeze during difficult conversations too? Please share as I’m sure I’m not the only one :)

  • @pearlsuarez-tw7gx
    @pearlsuarez-tw7gx6 ай бұрын

    I could totally relate 😢 I ended up feeling bad about myself and lowered my self esteem. I wanted to say a lot of things to my previous boss but I wanted to be polite but most of the time I would have a brain freeze and didn’t want to create disagreement so I would suppress my emotions and opinions and would think about it before sleeping, things I wanted to tell straightforwardly.😢

  • @aplayonmoney
    @aplayonmoney5 ай бұрын

    I'm very responsive to this type of teaching. ❤🙏👏👏👏🤗😏👍 great teacher.

  • @old.fashioned.online9110
    @old.fashioned.online91109 ай бұрын

    Fight, flight or freeze. Freeze is like being a stick insect that thinks if it doesn’t move the bird of prey will not detect them and fly away. Unfortunately ’freeze’ is my gut instinct. To compensate, at times I have tried convince myself that it was better to say nothing and keep what I know to myself. This is obviously not constructive. Thanks for sharing the thoughtful video above.

  • @abhisekbandopadhyay7630
    @abhisekbandopadhyay7630 Жыл бұрын

    This channel is an absolute gem. Thank you.

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!

  • @DoctorSoyemi
    @DoctorSoyemi6 ай бұрын

    Vital Message here. Thank you for the Tips and for sharing practical experiences

  • @g.milano3768
    @g.milano3768 Жыл бұрын

    Very useful video, thx!

  • @MotivaTionVibescity
    @MotivaTionVibescity3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this, listening now.

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! I hope you enjoy it Adaeze.

  • @technwhatnot241
    @technwhatnot241 Жыл бұрын

    Kara, with respect for your beautiful work and encouragement. I listened to your podcasts and watched your videos. I find the podcasts easier to listen to, you speak slower, and the information flows. It doesn't feel like I get distracted by thinking that I just heard that or that the same statements are being repeated. I think longer podcasts and shorter videos. On KZread, I noticed that people want the information much quicker on a podcast it gives me more time to enjoy it.

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    Жыл бұрын

    You're right, the podcast audience and KZread audience are different. So the information should be given in a different way. I'm glad you like the podcast episodes!

  • @ethiopianprincess4959
    @ethiopianprincess49593 жыл бұрын

    This is super helpful! Thank you Kara 😊

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    3 жыл бұрын

    I am so glad to hear that! Thank you so much for watching 😀

  • @c.k.1958
    @c.k.19584 ай бұрын

    Thank you x

  • @ScarletAlchemist888
    @ScarletAlchemist888Ай бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @dianarodriguez710
    @dianarodriguez710 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video, grateful for this extremely inspirational and valuable information we can apply on daily basis.

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad to hear this video was helpful for you Diana! Thank you!

  • @chemmistry2799
    @chemmistry2799 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much ma'am 😊

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    Жыл бұрын

    You're welcome!

  • @meshackamele6551
    @meshackamele655110 ай бұрын

    Good job,keep it up

  • @williampowell3378
    @williampowell33789 ай бұрын

    You have to practice every day!!

  • @nasseralhajri6966
    @nasseralhajri6966 Жыл бұрын

    Dear Kara, I just want to say thank you I have been watching your videos for 3 days now in a raw (on my way to office and before I go to bed) and I can say this you are helping me a lot every word u describe it link me and also I took one of your example on how to be decisive good example to replace could we with Let’s have marguerite and James I would like you take over the first point !!!! Thank you

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your kind message Nasser! I'm delighted to hear that my KZread videos have been really helpful for you and that you've been watching so many of them. It's great one of the examples I shared you could use at work! Wonderful!

  • @roxiekooi865
    @roxiekooi8653 жыл бұрын

    This is a great refresher from your masterclass. I do have a question: What is the best response when your conversation partner doesn't respond well to your tactics? If you need to remove yourself from the situation, what is the best way to do so, and how do you reopen the conversation later?

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    3 жыл бұрын

    Like you said, sometimes you need to remove yourself from the conversation. If you've tried the persistence & repeat method that I teach in the Assertive Communication Skills Masterclass as well as the workable compromise method, and neither work, then you might need to remove yourself from the conversation. To come back to is later, say something like, "I feel too stressed to think clearly right now. Can we pause for a while and come back to this conversation later on?".

  • @sandi2674
    @sandi2674 Жыл бұрын

    This is what happen to me when discussing with my colleague. When I leave the discussion, there is lots of idea in my thought to speak

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    Жыл бұрын

    It's very common.

  • @lilabukvic4216
    @lilabukvic4216 Жыл бұрын

    People who are in period of disregulated ptsd cant fix all this step. I tried but everything be so fast for me that I dont know where I should start or finish Thank you Kara this is very helpful❤🙏🙏✌👐🙌🌷❤

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm glad this video was helpful for you! Keep up the good work being assertive.

  • @vain3d973
    @vain3d9733 жыл бұрын

    A kind thank you.

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're very welcome Vain3D!

  • @missypolkadotpinkishmama
    @missypolkadotpinkishmama6 ай бұрын

    Love your content, love your soft & gentle voice but wish it to be louder in the video. :)

  • @SanDiegoSalesAcademycom
    @SanDiegoSalesAcademycom Жыл бұрын

    Good

  • @patriciamuyaya7170
    @patriciamuyaya7170 Жыл бұрын

    Interesting

  • @Legal_Guy
    @Legal_Guy2 ай бұрын

    I've been trying to research a strategy to overcome when a person is talking in conflict and you give them the time to talk but the questions in your mind or thoughts get lost and forget what your were going to say because of these type of people that talk and talk and talk and just don't get to the point. How do you overcome a person that talks so much you can't get a word in and others are listening to which you need to catch their attention with your response as well? It's like getting sabotaged in an argument or discussion.

  • @xhoni96
    @xhoni963 жыл бұрын

    Haha same here Kara, for me it takes 1 hour to find the perfect response 😂

  • @kararonin

    @kararonin

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's really common Xhoni - unfortunately 😫.

  • @patrickpark9514
    @patrickpark95143 ай бұрын

    So im currently foing through this with my Mother who has very poor communication skills and is very disrespectful, cant control her emotions. Its nagging me, becausei was napping and she set me a text message informing me about supper, so she same instairs unaware i uadnt seen text becausei wassleeping and came down yelling. I should have been assertive and told her "i dont allow people to talk to me like that" or "dont talk to melike that" butinstead i iust explained i was sleeping..which didnt address my needs or my boundary

  • @Ranscapture
    @Ranscapture8 ай бұрын

    I did want to learn this and I'm sure there was some good information here, but everything was spoken at the same level and very monotone, which I have a tendancy of doing and have been trying to fix that, so im hyper aware of it. You will be more assertive if your speech is more dynamic and draws people in.

  • @captainkurt7008
    @captainkurt70083 ай бұрын

    The music playing in the background is distracting.

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