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As children, many of us are taught that being good means being obedient.
doing what we're told by parents, teachers, and authority figures.
But that conditioning can make it incredibly difficult to speak up when we know something is wrong,
whether that means correcting a mishandled coffee order or standing up against injustice.
So how can we learn to overcome these instincts when it really counts?
My guest today is Sinita Sa,
a professor of management and organizations at Cornell University and the author of Defy,
the power of no in a world that demands yes.