He has been very assertive and direct.

Albemarle county was then in the frontier wilderness of the Blue Ridge, and was very different, socially, from the lowland counties where 'a few broad-acred families dominated an open-handed, somewhat luxurious and assertive aristocracy.

The character of Supervisory Special Agent Derek Morgan seems to have taken page from Moore's history.  Like Moore, Morgan was an assertive young athlete, who was raised by a single mom and rode an athletic scholarship to college.

In addition, counseling can help you find better ways of resolving problems by communicating more directly and constructively and by being assertive rather than aggressive.

Prepare them with the knowledge they need to remain safe, such as where to locate birth control, how to put on a condom, and how to be an assertive individual who knows how to say "no."