Patrick Lencioni

I've been married for 33 years.

I've been married for 33 years.

And if tonight I go home and my wife and I have a discussion, an argument, a debate, a disagreement around something important, which is what we do in our companies, it will be a little uncomfortable because there's that moment where you're like, how come you don't understand this?

And if tonight I go home and my wife and I have a discussion, an argument, a debate, a disagreement around something important, which is what we do in our companies, it will be a little uncomfortable because there's that moment where you're like, how come you don't understand this?

And we have to do this.

And we have to do this.

And there'll be a little bit of tension and discomfort.

And there'll be a little bit of tension and discomfort.

And that's a sign that it's real.

And that's a sign that it's real.

Healthy conflict, though, you know when you're engaging in it that it's not the end of the relationship.

Healthy conflict, though, you know when you're engaging in it that it's not the end of the relationship.

You're not worried that, like, this is it.

You're not worried that, like, this is it.

You're just worried that, like, this is going to be uncomfortable.

You're just worried that, like, this is going to be uncomfortable.

But you know, we've been through this before.

But you know, we've been through this before.

This is how the sausage gets made.

This is how the sausage gets made.