The Good Fight Club

The Psychology of Constructive Conflict

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everybody in good

society holds exactly the same opinions.

As the two youngest boys in a big family, the bishop’s sons did everything together. They launched a newspaper and built their own printing press together. They opened a bicycle shop and then started manufacturing their own bikes together. And after years of toiling away at a seemingly impossible problem, they invented the first successful airplane together.

Wilbur and Orville Wright first caught the flying bug when their father brought home a toy helicopter. After it broke, they built one of their own. As they advanced from playing together to working together to rethinking human flight together, there was no trace of sibling rivalry between them. Wilbur even said they “thought together.” Even though it was Wilbur who launched the project, the brothers shared equal credit for their achievement. When it came time to decide who would pilot their historic flight at Kitty Hawk, they just flipped a coin.

New ways of thinking often spring from old bonds. The comedic chemistry of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler can be traced back to their early twenties, when they immediately hit it off in an improv class.

The musical harmony of the Beatles started even earlier, when they were in high school. Just minutes after a mutual friend introduced them, Paul McCartney was teaching John Lennon how to tune a guitar. Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream grew out of a friendship between the two founders that began in seventh-grade gym class. It seems that to make progress together, we need to be in sync. But the truth, like all truths, is more complicated.

✅ Hit it off: To get along very well with someone immediately, از همان ابتدا دوست شدن، جور شدن

✅ Trace: To find the origin or cause of something, ردیابی کردن، دنبال کردن

✅ Get (catch) the bug: To become very interested or passionate about something, علاقه‌مند شدن به چیزی

✅ Toil away: To work very hard for a long time, سخت کار کردن

✅ Printing press: A machine for printing texts or images, دستگاه چاپ پرسی

✅ Launched a project: To start or initiate a new project, شروع یک پروژه

✅ Seemingly impossible: Appearing to be impossible, ظاهراً غیرممکن

✅ Sibling rivalry: Competition or conflict between brothers or sisters, رقابت یا دشمنی بین خواهر و برادر

✅ Shared equal credit: To give equal recognition to all involved, تقسیم اعتبار به طور مساوی

✅ Flip a coin: To toss a coin to make a decision, تصمیم‌گیری با پرتاب سکه

✅ New ways of thinking: Innovative or fresh ideas, روش‌های جدید تفکر

✅ Comedic chemistry: A natural and effective connection between comedians, هماهنگی طنزآمیز

✅ Hit it off in an improv class: Became close quickly while practicing improvisation, دوست شدن سریع در کلاس بداهه‌پردازی

✅ Musical harmony: The pleasant combination of different musical notes, هماهنگی موسیقیایی

✅ Mutual friend: A friend shared by two people, دوست مشترک

✅ Grew out of: Developed from something, ناشی شدن از

✅ In sync: Working or happening at the same time or in agreement, هماهنگ بودن

✅ Historic flight: A flight that is important in history, پرواز تاریخی

✅ Pilot: To control or fly an aircraft, خلبانی کردن

✅ Improv class: A class for learning improvisation, کلاس بداهه‌پردازی