Do your word choices inhibit your ability to be effective at your job? Do your friends and family think you're wishy-washy? Being assertive through language doesn't come naturally to everyone. Unassertive people often rely on hedging words and phrases that make what they say less definitive and less direct. To combat this, associate data scientist Kristie Wirth created "assertiveness snippets" using the Mac productivity app Alfred's text expander function. She customized it to automatically delete or rewrite non-assertive words and phrases when she types them, making her word choices more direct and confident. By doing so, she improved her language and assertiveness, particularly in a workplace setting where she felt vulnerable due to being one of the few women on her team. Kristie shared her project with a women's Slack channel at Zapier and has since provided instructions for using Alfred to create similar snippets, which can help anyone become more aware of their language use and improve their writing and assertiveness.