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'Agree to Disagree' Can Lead to Feuds and Fallouts. Here's a Better Way to Handle Conflict.

The cofounders of Smart Passive Income have learned that pushing through disagreements leads to successes more than avoidance and resentments.

By Jason Feifer • Feb 8, 2023

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Ashlee Weaver Pat Flynn, left, and his cofounder Matt Gartland.

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When Pat Flynn disagreed with people, he knew what to do: Agree to disagree, and move on. Isn't that how civilized people act? he thought. Value productivity over endless fighting?

But back then, Flynn was a solopreneur running his company Smart Passive Income. Eventually it grew beyond his abilities, so he talked with frequent collaborator Matt Gartland about forming a new company. Gartland came with a lot more partnership experience — he'd been a founder six other times, so he had seen what worked and what didn't.

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