Collaboration vs compromise

Summary

• If one person likes one choice, and another prefers a different choice, keep working until you find a third choice that both parties like.

Details

• It may incorporate elements of the original 2 choices or neither.
• great decisions dont involve one part sacrificing, but mutual recognition of the best solution available.

References

• The Creative Act - A Way of Being - Rick Rubin

Quotes

• "The moment one collaborator gives in and settles on a less preferential option for the sake of moving forward, everyone loses. Great decisions aren’t made in a spirit of sacrifice. They’re made by the mutual recognition of the best solution available."

Related

• All work is collaboration
• Art is about collaboration not competition or comparison
• Peace from not making issues of personal preference