Ray Dalio: How to embrace conflict
Masters of Scale
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🗓️ 5 January 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Want to improve any idea? Find someone who disagrees with it. This is something legendary investor Ray Dalio knows. But there’s a difference between constructive and destructive conflict — and Dalio is a master at spotting the difference. In constructive conflict, a team has a shared goal, whether or not they have differing opinions. And this is the key to success. Cameo appearances: Steve Horgan (USA Field Hockey Director of Umpiring), Daniel Amen (psychiatrist, founder of Amen Clinics).
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| 0:21.9 | I was assigned to a match between India and Pakistan. |
| 0:29.8 | This game was being televised. |
| 0:33.3 | I'll guarantee you I didn't sleep the night before on this one. |
| 0:38.8 | That's Steve Horgan, legendary field hockey umpire for the Olympics, World Cup, and the NCAA. |
| 0:46.5 | And he's telling us about one of the most memorable games from his decades in the sport. |
| 0:51.4 | But before we hear about that, you might be trying to remember which one |
| 0:56.7 | is field hockey again? You might want to take ice hockey, mix it with soccer, add a little bit of |
| 1:05.2 | lacrosse. That's right. It's the one that's like soccer, but with sticks. See, I know about sports. |
| 1:14.6 | In any athletic competition, the umpire is keeper and enforcer of the rules, but they also play |
| 1:21.2 | a less visible role, conflict mediator, and even field hockey has its share of conflict. |
| 1:29.4 | It's not technically a contact sport, but there is physical contact when people challenge for the |
| 1:37.2 | ball. Sometimes there'll be a little bit of extra pushing or shoving. I don't want to say fights erupt because that's very rare in our game. |
| 1:47.1 | But people do get a little annoyed. |
| 1:51.3 | Players got annoyed during Steve's most memorable game as a field hockey umpire. |
| 1:56.2 | It was the final day of a six-nation tournament leading up to the 96 Summer Olympics. |
| 2:03.0 | These players were about to represent their country in front of the world, so emotions were running high. |
| 2:09.4 | Both of these teams, Indian Pakistan, when they play hockey, either it can be very difficult to manage and be very conflicting |
| 2:17.9 | or they play beautiful hockey and it's just a sight to be whole. |
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