The Absurdity of Compromise

People think compromise is a good thing.

How can anything be “good” that pushes everyone involved to sacrifice something they value?

Compromise has long been accepted as the preferred way to resolve our differences. We do it at work, as entrepreneurs, to settle squabbles between spouses, or when a mother battles a teen. No matter the problem, we go for the compromise. You ever wonder why?

In The Absurdity of Compromise, Donald Grady, a master facilitator of dispute resolution, employment agreements, hostage negotiations, and who was selected to help mediate crises in places like Bosnia, Kosovo, and Iraq, examines the drawbacks and challenges of conflict and explodes the myth that compromise is the win/win it’s proclaimed to be.

• Avoid the pitfalls of talking past other people


• Learn to listen intelligently and empathetically understand the perspective of others.


• Stop fighting and compromising to everyone’s mutual dissatisfaction.   

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