23rd September 2021
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Following on from our original article about ways to boost self-esteem, this article explores the ‘power of speaking up and expressing your needs’.
The first thing to consider is what the result of not speaking up and expressing your needs is. There are many consequences that will prevent you from moving forward and growing as an individual, including missing out on opportunities such as getting a job, a promotion or pay rise, through to having challenges in relationships; including feelings of resentment or betrayal. People tend to become less connected and lack a sense of belonging, resulting in psychological impacts, including contributing to low self-esteem.
Why do people not speak up and express their needs? Often, they are afraid of what others will think of them and fear disapproval or failure. However, speaking up and expressing your needs can be a great way of gaining feedback from your peers, allowing you to learn, develop as a person and gain self-confidence. It does involve you ‘putting yourself on the line’ which can sometimes feel risky if you lose sight of the potential rewards.
So, aside from keeping focused on everything you have to gain from speaking up and expressing your needs, this TED talk entitled ‘How to speak up when you feel like you can’t’ is worth a watch. It explains how expanding your power will help expand the range of what he calls ‘acceptable behaviour’. This acceptable behaviour range is what others will let you get away with saying or doing according to the power for which they perceive you having. If your position of power in a certain context is considered weak, you will have a narrower range for bargaining, negotiating or even feeling heard.
Happily, there is a range of tools described in this TED talk that you can utilise to increase your position of power and this will help create successful outcomes from speaking up and expressing your needs. If you can be confident about your power in any given situation, this will reduce the risk involved in explaining what you want or asking for something and more than likely, will produce good results.
Tools to build your personal power include:
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