Start Talking Back Book Report

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The book I chose to read was called, “How to Stop Backing Down & Start Talking Back”, by Lisa Frankfort. The book was organized with fifty, two page chapters that each quickly explained different aspects of communication, and easy ways to master them. The set up made it a fun read, and that fact that it was somewhat humorous made it even better. There were many different ideas in the book, but the main goal for the author could boil down to trying to get everyone to be more assertive in all aspects of life. One of the beginning chapters made an analogy of the Goldilocks and the three bears story, with three different styles; passive, aggressive, and assertive. Assertiveness is what the author longs for everyone to have, she explains, “The Assertive style is just right. Like the warm mush, assertiveness nourishes your soul by allowing you to express your true opinions” (13). If the reader only takes away one thing from this whole book, it should be the truth that being an assertive person is what everyone should strive to be, because it can be incorporated into all parts of …show more content…
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