Exploring your shadow

ecently, I was working on a project with a friend and kept finding myself frustrated and triggered by her assertiveness. This trait is not something I would typically relate to in my own character, but as I was contemplating my frustration, I remembered a conversation I’d had with a colleague years before. He had described me as being assertive and knowing what I want, which had taken me by surprise. More recently, I took a personality test that placed me in the moderately high category for assertiveness. It said, “Moderately assertive people are more ‘take charge’ types. They put their own opinions forward and are somewhat likely to dominate and control social situations.” Despite