<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Type-A Way Personal Efficiency Blog &#187; activewords</title>
	<atom:link href="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/tag/activewords/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://thetypeaway.com/personal</link>
	<description>Best Practices for Type-A Personalities.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sun, 27 Dec 2009 09:27:15 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Quit Being Wishy-Washy</title>
		<link>http://thetypeaway.com/personal/quit-being-wishy-washy/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=quit-being-wishy-washy</link>
		<comments>http://thetypeaway.com/personal/quit-being-wishy-washy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marina Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activewords]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assertiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[textexpander]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://thetypeaway.com/personal/?p=356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Learn an effortless way to make yourself more assertive.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/wishywashy.jpg" alt="Wishy Washy" title="Wishy Washy" width="601" height="800" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-357" /></p>
<p>When expressing your opinion, it&#8217;s common to start each thought with &#8220;I think&#8230;&#8221; instead of making a real statement.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re writing it, you&#8217;re thinking it. <b>We get it.</b> All this does is make you sound uncertain, and discourage firm stances.</p>
<p>Kick this habit quickly by programming your computer&#8217;s text expansion program to replace the word &#8220;think&#8221; with &#8220;I DO NOT THINK, I KNOW.&#8221;</p>
<p>Need a text expander?</p>
<ol>
<li>Windows: <a href="http://activewords.com">ActiveWords</a></li>
<li>Mac: <a href="http://www.smileonmymac.com/TextExpander">TextExpander</a></li>
<li>Linux: <a href="http://ben.kudria.net/code/snippits">Snippits</a></li>
</ol>
<p>(If you ever <i>genuinely</i> need to type the word &#8216;think&#8217; you can type &#8216;thik&#8217; and go back and add the &#8216;n&#8217; which won&#8217;t trigger the text expansion.)</p>
<p class="credit">(Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tealeaves/3292734115/sizes/o/" title="tealeaves">tealeaves</a>.)</p>



Share and Enjoy:


	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://www.printfriendly.com/print?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F&amp;partner=sociable" title="Print"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/printfriendly.png" title="Print" alt="Print" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="mailto:?subject=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F" title="email"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/email_link.png" title="email" alt="email" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F&amp;title=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy&amp;bodytext=Learn%20an%20effortless%20way%20to%20make%20yourself%20more%20assertive." title="Digg"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/digg.png" title="Digg" alt="Digg" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://www.diigo.com/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F&amp;title=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy" title="Diigo"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/diigo.png" title="Diigo" alt="Diigo" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://delicious.com/post?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F&amp;title=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy&amp;notes=Learn%20an%20effortless%20way%20to%20make%20yourself%20more%20assertive." title="del.icio.us"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/delicious.png" title="del.icio.us" alt="del.icio.us" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F&amp;t=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy" title="Facebook"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/facebook.png" title="Facebook" alt="Facebook" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://www.friendfeed.com/share?title=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy&amp;link=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F" title="FriendFeed"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/friendfeed.png" title="FriendFeed" alt="FriendFeed" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&amp;bkmk=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F&amp;title=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy&amp;annotation=Learn%20an%20effortless%20way%20to%20make%20yourself%20more%20assertive." title="Google Bookmarks"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/googlebookmark.png" title="Google Bookmarks" alt="Google Bookmarks" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://identi.ca/notice/new?status_textarea=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F" title="Identi.ca"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/identica.png" title="Identi.ca" alt="Identi.ca" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F&amp;title=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy&amp;source=The+Type-A+Way+Personal+Efficiency+Blog+Best+Practices+for+Type-A+Personalities.&amp;summary=Learn%20an%20effortless%20way%20to%20make%20yourself%20more%20assertive." title="LinkedIn"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/linkedin.png" title="LinkedIn" alt="LinkedIn" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://www.netvibes.com/share?title=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F" title="Netvibes"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/netvibes.png" title="Netvibes" alt="Netvibes" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F&amp;title=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy" title="Reddit"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/reddit.png" title="Reddit" alt="Reddit" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>
	<a rel="nofollow"  href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fthetypeaway.com%2Fpersonal%2Fquit-being-wishy-washy%2F&amp;title=Quit%20Being%20Wishy-Washy" title="StumbleUpon"><img src="http://thetypeaway.com/personal/wp-content/plugins/sociable/images/stumbleupon.png" title="StumbleUpon" alt="StumbleUpon" class="sociable-hovers" /></a>


<br/><br/> ]]></content:encoded>
			<wfw:commentRss>http://thetypeaway.com/personal/quit-being-wishy-washy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. The path to wp-cache-phase1.php in wp-content/advanced-cache.php must be fixed! -->
