In John David Mann’s and my book, The Go-Giver Influencer, one of the mentors, Coach George says, “Compromise comes from a Latin word meaning ‘Nobody ends up with what they really wanted.’”
Of course, it doesn’t *actually* mean that…but it may as well.
Sure, there is indeed a proper time and place for compromise. But there’s another option you may want to consider first…
Key Point: Pursue “collaboration,” which is *win/win* in nature…as opposed to compromise, in which both parties are *giving up* something.
After all, when both parties can come away better off than they were beforehand, isn’t that the more desirable result?
Exercise: Consider some situations in which you feel most people tend to compromise when they could in fact both improve their individual situations through collaboration.
