If you’ve ever said ‘yes’ to an invite when you wanted to say ‘no’, or stayed quiet when someone pushed in front of you in a queue, you may lack assertiveness. ‘So many women have a phobia of being perceived as rude,’ says Rebecca Reid, author of (£13.99, Trapeze). ‘As a consequence, they don’t know how to be more pushy and often don’t know how to get what they want from life.’ So if your wants, needs and dreams are falling by
