Little by little, we make compromises.
They don’t seem like much at the time, but before you know it, you’ve compromised your life away.
You’ve compromised your identity away
You’ve compromised yourself away.
Little by little, chipping away, in increments so small that you’d hardly even notice and slow and gradual drifting away.
The problem with compromising is that no-one ever gets what they want.
You both lose, settling some watered down version of whatever it was you had.
But it’s inevitable, we have to negotiate our ways through life.
We have to find common ground
But how do you do that, without selling your soul to the devil?
The alternative would be high-value trade, not a compromise at all.
That is, you give someone exactly what they ask for, in exchange for something else.
Win:Win.
Achieving an outcome that reflects more accurately what it is you value.
Clear in your convictions – and uncompromising.
Stay true to your convictions, not at the expense of others,
But rather in a way that also adds value to them.
