Is standing up for yourself a volume game?
“Maybe I’m just not built for the workplace.”
That’s what she said to me.
My client was talking about a recent experience at work where her colleagues told her that she needed to be more assertive. More loud. More… confrontational.
She works in Delhi, where people expect you to be sharp, aggressive and dominant. And for a while, she believed them.
She started questioning herself.
❓ “Am I being too soft?”
❓ “Am I letting people walk over me?”
❓ “Am I not standing up for myself the way I should?”
She wasn’t screaming in meetings.
She wasn’t threatening to escalate.
She wasn’t choosing conflict as her first tool.
She wasn’t trying to dominate.
And so she thought she was doing it wrong.
That she wasn’t doing enough.
But in our session together, I reminded her of something simple and powerful:
🌱 Just because your voice isn’t loud doesn’t mean it isn’t strong.
🌱 Just because your style is calm doesn’t mean it isn’t clear.
🌱 And just because you don’t match their energy doesn’t mean you’re not standing your ground.
We often associate “standing up for ourselves” with volume.
But sometimes, standing up for yourself looks like:
– Holding a boundary without raising your tone
– Walking away without engaging in chaos
– Choosing peace without guilt
– Saying less, but meaning every word
She didn’t need to become someone else. She just needed to see herself more clearly. To stand strong - her way. To own her rhythm, her softness, her power.
✨ You don’t need to become louder to be heard.
✨ You just need to trust the strength of your own voice — however it chooses to show up.
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