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How different stress responses can fracture partnerships under pressure

My business partner handles stress by working more and I handle it by stepping back to think, and right now we're in a crisis that's bringing out both responses in ways that make us feel like we're working against each other instead of together.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Crisis amplifies incompatible coping mechanisms, turning complementary differences into sources of mutual frustration and misalignment.

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