<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Conflict does not automatically disprove intimacy;... > Conflict does not automatically disprove intimacy; concealed conflict corrodes it. Mature partners can name the disagreement, protect the shared object, and distinguish a challenge to an idea from a challenge to rank or belonging. **Source:** [[livestreams/Intimacy, Trust, and the Human Foundations of Business - Workbook|Intimacy, Trust, and the Human Foundations of Business]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Conflict does not automatically disprove intimacy; concealed conflict corrodes it. Mature partners can name the disagreement, protect the shared object, and distinguish a challenge to an idea from a challenge to rank or belonging.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-conflict-automatically-disprove-challenge-rank-belonging ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->