Do any of these scenarios seem familiar? Everyone has a trigger that drives them absolutely mad when it happens, and conflict often ensues. The fact is that conflicts arise for a number of reasons. People often have conflicting goals, beliefs, or ideas; we face competition for scarce resources, such as money or time. We experience misunderstandings, and unfortunately, we lose our tempers. And sometimes we encounter people who are deceitful or uncooperative or who intentionally undermine our efforts to achieve our goals. In the following sections, we’ll examine a few common conflict triggers.