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Conflict rarely begins where we think it does. It doesn’t start with the sharp comment, the shutdown, the micromanaging, or the sudden intensity in the room. Those are surface behaviors. They are visible. They are easy to point at. Conflict usually begins much earlier, at the moment something important feels threatened: a value, a need, a sense of control, a feeling of safety, a desire to be seen. Under pressure, each of us follows a predictable path. Not because we are all t