How to be defiant
How to be defiantStaying silent often feels like the safe choice, but the costs can be profound. Here’s how to stand up for yourselfby Sunita Sah, organisational psychologistPhoto by Jack Hamilton/UnsplashPhoto by Jack Hamilton/UnsplashSunita Sah is an organisational psychologist and professor of management and organisations at Cornell University in New York. She is the author of Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes (2025) and writes the Substack Defiant by Design.Edited by Christian JarrettAuthor BioSaveShareSunita Sah is an organisational psychologist and professor of management and organisations at Cornell University in New York.
- ▪How to be defiantStaying silent often feels like the safe choice, but the costs can be profound.
- ▪Here’s how to stand up for yourselfby Sunita Sah, organisational psychologistPhoto by Jack Hamilton/UnsplashPhoto by Jack Hamilton/UnsplashSunita Sah is an organisational psychologist and professor of management and organisations at Cornell
- ▪She is the author of Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes (2025) and writes the Substack Defiant by Design.Edited by Christian JarrettAuthor BioSaveShareSunita Sah is an organisational psychologist and professor of management a
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| Original publisher | Psyche |
| Canonical URL | https://psyche.co/guides/how-to-be-defiant |
| Publication time | Mon, 25 May 2026 10:00:00 GMT |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-25T10:07:36.651Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-25T10:07:40.257Z |
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How to be defiantStaying silent often feels like the safe choice, but the costs can be profound. Here’s how to stand up for yourselfby Sunita Sah, organisational psychologistPhoto by Jack Hamilton/UnsplashPhoto by Jack Hamilton/UnsplashSunita Sah is an organisational psychologist and professor of management and organisations at Cornell University in New York. She is the author of Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes (2025) and writes the Substack Defiant by Design.Edited by Christian JarrettAuthor BioSaveShareSunita Sah is an organisational psychologist and professor of management and organisations at Cornell University in New York.
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