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# The right question is not whether conflict occurs...
> The right question is not whether conflict occurs but what the system does with conflict. Does disagreement produce learning and repair, or does it produce fear, punishment, scorekeeping, and a narrower self?
**Source:** [[livestreams/Relationship Trajectory, Positive Feedback, and Going All In - Workbook|Relationship Trajectory, Positive Feedback, and Going All In]]
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“The right question is not whether conflict occurs but what the system does with conflict. Does disagreement produce learning and repair, or does it produce fear, punishment, scorekeeping, and a narrower self?”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-right-question-whether-scorekeeping-narrower-self
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