Compromise in Relationships: What to Do When You Reach an Agreement but a Bad Feeling Lingers

Main subjects

AVAlexander VolchekCompromiseCouples and healthy relationshipsConflictEgoTruth

Main threads of the conversation

• 00:00What compromise really is
• 03:14Why people constantly live in compromise
• 04:29The selfish motive behind compromise
• 09:43Compromising with yourself: the illusion
• 12:13Negativity as a conversation with yourself
• 18:50What should replace compromise: balance in relationships
• 26:06How to learn to hear
• 28:09The desire to prove you understood everything as a limit on perception

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• 02:02

  If they remain in disagreement, they will go to work every day still convinced that they dislike it and do not want to live with it or be there.

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• 04:10

  People often tell me, “It is impossible to agree on anything with you, because you always win the argument.”

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• 13:14

  In a family, a partnership, between a father and son, friends, parents—whatever the relationship—the other person may simply agree, accept their viewpoint, and respond calmly.

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• 13:31

  But it is not enough for the other person, because something important lies behind it.

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• 15:18

  So when you see a compromise and think you have made one, that is an opportunity.

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• 16:38

  Even if you intend to remain within your selfish motives, the only thing you can do is work out what the other person will actually do.

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• 19:19

  I watch people swing back and forth, shouting, “We hate red!”

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• 27:35

  The one understanding you can take away is to tell yourself, “When I talk with someone, I will think about the other person.”

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• 31:05

  I discuss a great deal on my channels, and this channel is devoted, among other things, to personal development.

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• 31:25

  It is important to hear these examples of interactions with others, because they can help you make enormous progress in society. You immediately see who is on whose side and what game each person is playing.

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