Quotes About Compromise

You're just like the politicians, Alex. You want something done but you won't let people do it right. You think you can pick up a turd from the clean end? It doesn't work that way.

He called you. You're the one who insists on carrying a phone." The moment it came out, he regretted it. When Delilah was pissed, there was no winning move. Your only option was to try to find a way not to play.

So the researchers concluded that being forced to confront trade-offs in making decisions makes people unhappy and indecisive.

Adding the second option creates a conflict, forcing a trade-off between price and quality.

Learning to accept "good enough" will simplify decision making and increase satisfaction.

Across many domains of psychology, one finds that X increases Y to a point, and then it decreases Y....There is no such thing as an unmitigated good. All positive traits, states, and experiences have costs that at high levels may begin to outweigh their benefits.

The alternative to maximizing is to be a satisficer. To satisfice is to settle for something that is good enough and not worry about the possibility that there might be something better. A satisficer has criteria and standards. She searches until she finds an item that meets those standards, and at that point, she stops.

strikes a compromise: Moses's brother Aaron will accompany him, and Aaron will do all the talking, based on what Moses instructs him. And then God makes this remarkable statement: "[Aaron] indeed shall speak for you to the people; he shall serve as a mouth for you, and you shall serve as God for him" (Exod. 4:16). Here, Moses is not said actually

Anything less than Win/Win in an interdependent reality is a poor second best that will have impact in the long-term relationship. The cost of that impact needs to be carefully considered. If you can't reach a true Win/Win, you're very often better off to go for No Deal.

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When two people in a marriage are more concerned about getting the golden eggs, the benefits, than they are in preserving the relationship that makes them possible, they often become insensitive and inconsiderate, reflecting the little kindnesses and courtesies so important to a deep relationship. They begin to use control leavers to manipulate each other, to focus on their own needs, to justify their own position and look for evidence to show the wrongness of the other person

win/win is nice ... and tough. It's twice as tough as win/lose

From the foundation of character, we build and maintain Win/Win relationships. The trust, the Emotional Bank Account, is the essence of Win/Win. Without trust, the best we can do is compromise; without trust, we lack the credibility for

The cause of almost all relationship difficulties is rooted in conflicting or ambiguous expectations around roles and goals.

Think about a person who typically sees things differently than you do. Consider ways in which those differences might be used as stepping-stones to third alternative solutions. Perhaps you could seek out his or her views on a current project or problem, valuing the different views you are likely to hear.

Never let your opponent speak unilaterally.

That's the problem with bureaucrats. They think everything is negotiable." The

He starts out wanting to be her lover, but ends up developing just a friendship with a sexual undertone—which he never, or rarely and perfunctorily, follows through on.

Much of what we call wisdom consists in balancing the conflicting desires within ourselves, and much of what we call morality and politics consists in balancing the conflicting desires among people.

Given the costs of information, the perfect can be the enemy of good.

A design can excel at one challenge only by compromising at others.

Given the costs of information, the perfect can be the enemy of the good.

It is better to lose your pride with someone you love rather than to lose that someone you love with your useless pride.

It doesn't matter how much you love someone, you are never going to be what that person wants you to be.