An assertive woman knows that it takes a strong sense of self to succeed she has to make boundaries and even be disagreeable to be the best boss.

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"The finance ministers did not want to see anything disagreeable which they would be forced to deal with, " the 86-year-old Frenchman says.

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In part, at least, "success" was achieved by the United States' refusal to be disagreeable, for example, by demanding the withdrawal of Soviet advisers from Iraq.

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We ought to be able to disagree without becoming disagreeable.

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