The Danish Psychology Professor Svend Brinkmann wants the saying-no-hat back, he says in the book Stå fast – et opgør med tidens udviklingstvang (Stand firm - a showdown with the development coercion). He recommends to focus a more on the negative in your life, find the saying-no-hat and suppress the emotions. We need input from elsewhere than from within.

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Is the saying-no-hat the new yes

Now, ain’t this old saying-no-hat just fine again … I think I’m lookin’ good!
illustration: TORBEN WILHELMSEN