If you don’t compromise with a girl, you won’t build a relationship, right?

Life in the modern world constantly pushes people to the need to compromise. And, it’s true, it’s not easy to live in society without the ability to give in. But is the best solution to a conflict always a compromise?

Or is it sometimes easier to remain yourself without voluntarily infringing on your own rights? Let's try to figure out what exactly the art of compromise is and when it is better not to resort to it.

So, a compromise is an agreement that people come to on the basis of mutual concessions. In other words, each side must sacrifice something in order to achieve a resolution to the existing conflict.

Compromise: pros and cons

In fact, this phenomenon is often misunderstood: to compromise is to step on the throat of your desires, your opinion, and often your dream. In fact, this is not a compromise at all, but compliance, an inability to defend one’s interests.

An example of such a “compromise” in a relationship can be given:

wife and husband have lived for many years.
Their marriage seems exemplary. But people don’t realize that for decades a wife has turned a blind eye to the rudeness (and sometimes assault) of her husband (“ but the man is nearby
”, “
but he brings money into the house
”, “
but I’m not alone
” and many more such “but”). Agree, her sacrifice has nothing to do with compromise. The wife constantly gives in, and the husband favorably takes advantage of her gentle character. But compromise is a voluntary and mutually beneficial matter, when only mutual agreement can be reached.

There are many situations when people show weakness of character and make concessions.

  • This is also the inability to defend their rights in front of domineering parents who decide with whom their grown-up child communicates, which university to choose, with whom to live.
  • And the constant abandonment of your dreams to please your neighbor.
  • And putting other people's work on your shoulders.

All this indicates human weakness. Whereas the real art of compromise is accessible only to people of strong spirit. To those who respect and value themselves. Only in this situation can we talk about a healthy relationship between two adults.

True compromise is constructive and respectful

But, by definition, compromise is an act for the good. For example, consider this situation: in a store, a child is ready to throw a tantrum if his mother does not buy an expensive toy. There are no funds to purchase. In exchange for an expensive trinket, the child is invited to watch a fairy tale together (a walk in the fresh air with a story about nature, a visit to the playground). And the child agrees, as a result of which he is left, although without a gift, but with a lot of positive emotions. That is, both (parent and child) choose a solution to the conflict - a compromise. Each party agrees to a concession (the mother will have to spend an hour or two of free time, and the child will have to understand that he can be happy not only with the thing bought in the store).

Agree, a much worse solution to the problem on the part of the mother would be to yell at the baby or borrow money and buy an expensive thing. And the child would only be a loser if he did not stop crying and begging for what he wanted.

What pushes us to an unfavorable compromise?

  1. People.

    Often we are pushed into an unfavorable compromise by people who are unpleasant to communicate with. Those who feel like you owe them something for life. For example, you have a lonely friend. She did not find a spouse due to extreme pickiness towards the opposite sex (one candidate for husband is not rich enough, another is ugly, the third does not match his zodiac sign, etc.). However, she seems to be jokingly reproaching you for your happy marriage. And so that your friend doesn’t suffer so much, you are forced to entertain an adult woman every weekend, and even listen to how unhappy she is. This is a common manipulation: she uses you to pour out her emotional negativity.

  2. Complexes.

    People can be overly soft-hearted, ready to make a concession, out of dislike. Unfortunately, many have been deprived of love since childhood. Children who are not treated with parental care grow up and create their own families without love. And for some reason they seem unworthy of happiness. They, so unloved and unnecessary, put themselves at the very last level. And those who do not deserve it at all are elevated to heights.

  3. Majority influence.

    The art of compromise can help in many situations, but it does not always work for the good. Often people agree to compromise, even if they are disgusted by it. For example, a newcomer appears in the team. And the old-timers (so experienced and venerable) begin to find fault with their “green” colleague. You understand that the majority behave incorrectly, that the young specialist is not to blame for anything. However, you don’t want to go against everyone (what if they start discussing you behind your back), so you communicate evenly with the newcomer, but discuss him with “old” colleagues. That is, do not quarrel with either side, but in fact compromise with your conscience.

In what situations should you not compromise?

  1. Never compromise when it comes to dealing with your principles.

    Don't do anything that goes against your sense of decency and morality. For example, if you are not ready to live with a spouse who constantly cheats, then don’t live. Even if he is cheerful, interesting and intelligent. If you cannot forgive betrayal, do not drown out the voice of your reason. And don’t justify the vile cheater.

  2. Don't make concessions to people who take advantage of you.

    Let's say your colleague is a pleasant lady in all respects. And he will bring cakes for tea, and share a new secret, and give a compliment. Only part of her work constantly falls on your shoulders, because she easily goes home early. And you also go out on weekends to clear things up. You just can’t refuse help from a co-worker; you’re ready to draw up a report for her, run to the tax office, for example (how can you refuse such a nice person). But they sat on your neck, why do you continue?

  3. Agree to mutually beneficial concessions.

    Never compromise if you feel that the game is going one way. Let's say your sister sends her nephew to visit you every weekend. You entertain the child, cook for him, abandon your plans. My sister knows that she can borrow money from you and ask for any help. When you need help, a relative does not have time. She refers to being busy, invited guests, leaving. And you understand that her excuses are a veiled reluctance to meet halfway. Compromise is mutual concessions, remember? Next time, tell her that you have big plans for the weekend, but if she agrees to help with cleaning and grocery shopping, then you can devote some time to her baby.

  4. Learn to love yourself.

    Don’t lose your self-esteem, because you are no worse than those around you. You have a lot of good qualities, think about it. Let's say your other half constantly takes negativity out on you. He can be rude, shout, or make a caustic remark in public. But you are silent, because it is easier to endure an insult than to quarrel. Don't allow other people to be rude and insulting. You are a person worthy of respect. So if you offended me, please, apologize and explain the reason for your dissatisfaction.

  5. Don't compromise if your intuition is against it.

    First of all, listen to your mind, even if someone is trying to persuade you to make concessions. For example, you occupy a good position. And a neighbor asks you to employ her over-aged son in your company. Doubts gnaw at you: the person has never worked for a day, is not serious, and leads the wrong lifestyle. But you don’t want to offend your neighbor, so ask your boss to hire the guy. As a result, he is kicked out of his position, and you bite your elbows about your indiscretion. But intuition suggested that it would not be worth agreeing from the beginning.

Of course, it is impossible to live without compromises. And at work, and in friendship, in personal life, you will sometimes have to make concessions. The main thing is that your interests are taken into account. If you simply hush up grievances, crying into your pillow at night, then there can be no question of any compromises - you are simply being used. And you follow the lead. Love and respect yourself, know how to defend your point of view. And agree to a compromise if you yourself want to. Not at the will of another person.

Make concessions

Make concessions

make a concession, give in, compromise, give in, give in, give in, give in, play giveaway, compromise, give in, make concessions, give in

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There are people who have difficulty making concessions to others. And there are those who do it with joy, because the purpose of the concession is to generate income. We are talking about the assignment of claims to real estate

A familiar scenario: as soon as an ordinary buyer learns about the opening of sales in some new residential complex, it turns out that the most desirable apartments in it have already been sold out. However, closer to the completion date of the house, the opportunity to buy an apartment still appears, and good options on the middle floors are even cheaper than their less attractive counterparts from the developer. The realtor only clarifies: the apartment is being sold by assignment.

When it comes to compromise, it’s always a matter of two people.

When trying to achieve, look for a solution that will benefit both parties
- you and your opponent. To do this, first decide which options for resolving the problem are acceptable to you personally. Then look at them from your partner's point of view and think about whether it would be fair to him. Don't demand if you're not ready to give it yourself. Remember: when finding a compromise, both participants need to sacrifice part of their interests.

Don't perceive your interlocutor as an adversary

“If you don’t agree, then I...!” - such ultimatum phrases have nothing to do with the search for a compromise. Psychological pressure can only anger the opponent, and then a simple misunderstanding will develop into a conflict. Do your best to demonstrate to your counterpart that you are on his side.

Learn to listen

Not only with your ears, but with your whole body. Here are the basic principles of this demo:

  • Eye contact - a friendly eye to eye look makes the conversation more open and warm;
  • Absence of bodily “locks” such as arms crossed on the chest or looking over the head;
  • Friendly smiling facial expression.

your counterpart interprets this as “he listens to me and is ready to support me.”
And from this positive thought it’s a stone’s throw to a productive conversation. Each of us wants to live our lives in a relationship that is like a fairy tale, filled with bliss and happy moments. But, in practice, only a small part of all couples can boast of harmony in the family, while the rest make banal mistakes that lead to a breakup or unhealthy relationships that cannot make either partner happy.

This is very sad, especially considering the fact that both tried everything possible to create and maintain this relationship.

You may have tried to talk about this topic and understand each other, but without understanding what is really necessary and important to do to make each other happy, your efforts were confused and fruitless, as if you were trying to find something in the dark.

Air sellers

According to experts, this phrase stops many. It is one thing to check and buy an apartment from the developer, this scheme has already been worked out, or to purchase housing through purchase and sale from another individual. But the prospect of buying an unfinished, that is, not yet available in nature object that has already been purchased by someone, frightens many. After all, the primary market is primary because the apartment should go to its owner literally untouched.

However, in fact, there are many reasons why an unfinished apartment can be sold. One of them, of course, justifies the buyer's fears. Sometimes they want to assign the rights of claim (precisely claims, since the apartment itself does not yet exist) for housing if the first buyer has learned something unflattering about the developer. For example, a person acquired these very rights of claim (in other words, he bought an apartment on the primary market, in an unfinished building) and soon learned that this developer was unreliable, his previous projects were delivered with a great delay, and he was already suing his shareholders. Of course, you had to check this before purchasing, but under time pressure, when every day there are fewer and fewer liquid “one-room” ones, you can easily lose your vigilance. According to realtors, such cases are not uncommon in the market.

But much more often, investment apartments are sold by assignment of rights of claim. Investors monitor the market situation, assess the possible benefits, which most often depend on the speed of construction of the house, and buy housing at the earliest stages of construction. Then, after a couple of years, when there is very little time left before the house is put into operation and it is quite easy to find a buyer, the investor sells this property at a premium. Usually it turns out cheaper than from the developer, whose proposals by that time have already seriously increased in price. This option is also beneficial for the buyer: the risks of “unfinished construction” are minimized.

Finally, no one canceled the notorious “family circumstances”. Some marriages break up much faster than a house is built, and then the apartment, which was supposed to become a family nest, turns out to be just a reminder of the divorce. Such split cells of society are ready to sell the rights of claim without a markup at all, just to quickly close this issue. The buyer can only spend time and figure out which of the listed cases his assignment applies to.

When looking for a compromise, always offer first.

Your opponent, with whom you suddenly clash, may not even think about the possibility of a mutually beneficial compromise
. In any dispute, do not get excited, but analyze the situation and do not be afraid to offer peaceful options for resolving the conflict. The popular British dating site eDarling recently discovered an interesting fact. His staff asked men: would they be willing to give up watching an iconic football match for a date with a girl they really like? 3/4 chose a girl. After that, the girls were asked a similar question: “Are you willing to postpone your date to another day so that the man you like can watch football?” And 3/4 of women agreed! “Surprisingly, people are willing to sacrifice their interests for each other,” the British concluded. And just a little was needed: to hear each other.

Moments “de jure”

The basic legal aspects of the assignment are regulated by 214-FZ “On participation in shared construction of apartment buildings and other real estate and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation.” Article 11 of the law states that the assignment by a participant in shared construction of the rights of claims under the contract is allowed only after he has paid the contract price or simultaneously with the transfer of the debt to a new participant in shared construction in the manner established by the Civil Code of the Russian Federation. The Code, in turn, clarifies (Articles 389, 391) that the debtor’s transfer of his debt to another person is permitted only with the consent of the creditor, and the assignment of a claim under a transaction requiring state registration must be registered in the manner established for the registration of this transaction, unless otherwise provided by law. Simply put, the buyer must pay his price or transfer the debt to himself if the lender, bank or developer allows it, and register the assignment of claim as required by law. Article 17 214-FZ directly states: “The agreement and (or) assignment of rights of claim under the agreement are subject to state registration with the authorities carrying out state registration of rights to real estate and transactions with it, in the territory of the registration district at the location of the apartment building under construction (created) and (or) other real estate for the construction of which funds are raised in accordance with this agreement, in the manner prescribed by the Federal Law “On State Registration of Rights to Real Estate and Transactions with It.”

According to the law, the right to claim can be assigned from the moment of state registration of the contract until the parties sign the transfer deed or other document on the transfer of the shared construction project, as stated in the same 11 Article 214-FZ.

How to find a compromise with your husband

Although relatives wish the newlyweds to live in love and harmony, this agreement is not so easy to achieve. Moreover, the peculiarities of male and female psychology and different assessments of the same situations play a large role in conflicts between spouses.

Representatives of the fairer sex have a more flexible psyche and often feel a strong emotional dependence on a man

Therefore, they are inclined to make concessions and put their husband’s interests first. This is not always good, as it leaves an unpleasant aftertaste in the soul, gives rise to resentment, and sometimes a feeling of humiliation. Constantly giving up one's desires in favor of male pride causes irritation, which accumulates and ultimately leads to a nervous breakdown or scandal.

To prevent this, you should not silently give in to a man, reluctantly agreeing with your spouse’s demands. You need to talk calmly and try to convey to your husband why his decision is unacceptable to you. Just use rational, logical arguments and not give free rein to emotions.

Difficulties “de facto”

In practice, experts warn: the main thing is to personally check all the documents in the relationship between the seller and the developer. Often, along with the rights of claim, you can at the same time acquire all the former debts of the former owner to the developer, which he forgot to pay off before the transfer of rights. Perhaps he forgot to deposit part of the money, received installments, could be late in payments, and a penalty was added to them. All this baggage can then pass to the second buyer of the claim. If these issues are not resolved before concluding the contract, then later it can be declared invalid altogether, and the developer will refuse to transfer the apartment to the buyer. If the inspection reveals any underpayments on the part of the seller, he must either eliminate them or, by agreement with the buyer, reduce the cost of transferring the rights of claim by warning the developer about this. The latter must also know about the change of owners in order to avoid confusion when preparing documents. Often the developer simply cannot keep track of how many times and to whom his original shareholders assigned their rights of claim. Also, informing the developer about the change of the second party can protect the buyer from selling the property he is interested in to several people.

You need to ask the developer himself for the entire package of documents required for the initial transaction. The developer needs to be checked as carefully as if the housing was purchased not from the first owner of the claim rights, but from the developer himself: his reputation, already completed projects, the speed of their construction, customer reviews, the activity of workers at the site of interest, etc.

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To give in or not to give in in negotiations?

One of the key problems that people face during negotiations is the desire to make concessions to the other side. Moreover, voluntary concessions, when a nagging feeling arises within us that in order to maintain relationships, justice, an atmosphere of goodwill (underline as appropriate) we urgently need to give something to another. It is very difficult to cope with this feeling.

At all trainings we try to convey to people a simple idea: You are not Mother Teresa! At negotiations, you do not represent a charitable organization, the Star of Bethlehem did not light up at your birth, you do not have a halo. Alas, in negotiations you cannot infect your interlocutor with your generosity. Moreover, your concessions are a guaranteed increase in pressure on his part.

Well, not necessarily strengthening, but if you yourself make concessions, then why should your opponent do the same? Ah, he is an intelligent man, he said that he wants to make a fair deal with you? And do you believe this? No question, even if this is the case, then in any case he may take a wait-and-see attitude, hoping that you will try to concede something else. If he is a reasonable person.

We regularly encounter the problem of voluntary concessions; a sales manager comes to his boss with a request to give the client a discount otherwise, they say, he will go to competitors. When selling a car or an apartment, we are in a hurry to reduce the price if the buyer even just remains silent in response to our offer to buy.

When asked what makes you do this, people answer differently. But there are options that are more common. For example:

By conceding on a minor issue, I will destroy the atmosphere of mistrust, make people obligated, and in the future they will make concessions on their part more quickly (what a “brilliant” trick);

I take a step forward to speed up the process, otherwise we will “butt heads” for a very long time, I feel sorry for spending a lot of time on negotiations;

It seems to me that I have set my starting demands too high, and by conceding, I make the situation fairer for the interlocutor.

Definitely, we are faced with a series of misconceptions that show ignorance of the negotiation process and one’s capabilities as a negotiator. It is impossible to win negotiations with such attitudes.

Look at the situation through the eyes of the other side: for her, your concession is either a gesture of goodwill or a sign of your weakness. This will only be perceived as a gesture of goodwill if you are obviously much stronger than your opponent. Higher in status, position, experience. And if not, if the other side doesn’t perceive you that way, it means that when you give in, you’re simply afraid of it!

Real story. We are participating in a major tender; we, as the SHIP School of Negotiators, are chosen as the company that will provide training for commercial service managers. Everything is fine, but having announced our price, we encountered stiff resistance and a demand to reduce the cost by at least 15%. When asked why exactly 15, we were told that we (“SHIP”) gave such a discount to the subsidiary company. Attempts to explain that that order had its own specifics, that that party adjusted to our schedule and took care of all organizational aspects, led to nothing. Absolutely no! You, they say, gave in there, if you don’t give in, it means we are bad negotiators, you defeated us.

It is probably possible to speed up the negotiation process by conceding something, but by doing so, first of all, you are showing your powerlessness in front of the enemy’s behavior; by conceding, you are losing in an invisible psychological struggle. The other side, having moved you a little, understands that you need to push until you hit a blank wall.

If a concession is voiced, then in order to control the negotiation process it is important to communicate what you expect from your interlocutor in response, and how events will develop if he does not fulfill your expectations.

Let's give an example. You rent out your one-room apartment to a nice, good, intelligent person, who, when the time comes to pay, suddenly declares that he has no money now, he cannot, due to objective reasons, fulfill his obligations, but he will definitely pay everything in the next ... twenty days. And you like the person, and the situation he finds himself in is difficult, and you meet him halfway. And you find yourself in a story where payment delays happen more and more often and, in the end, the person moves out without paying for three months. Don't you want it that way? Then, agreeing to a delay, simply say that you are in his position, but this is the first and last time. If this situation repeats, then you will terminate the lease agreement, but as compensation for waiting for payment, you would like the tenant to change the light bulb in the stairwell at his own expense (the amount of compensation is not as important as the fact of its existence).

So, remember: do not try to infect your opponent with generosity during negotiations, this is not realistic!
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Concessions in relationships

Modern society is very multinational and diverse.
It has a large number of religions, languages, cultures. The rigid framework that previously regulated relations between people does not exist today; they cannot work the way they did in the past. A person must be able to find new ways to build relationships. Over a long period of time, certain stereotypes have been established in society for the correct construction of relationships between colleagues at work, in personal and social life. The most common misconception is that a representative of the stronger sex should always be in charge in everything, that it is he who always needs to take the first steps.

There is still an opinion that a girl should give in in a relationship; she needs to completely rely on the man’s opinion

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