It's never a good deal when only one party thinks it is.
Interpretation
A mutually beneficial agreement requires both parties to perceive value in it.
This quote emphasizes that true agreements or deals must have a sense of fairness and mutual benefit. If only one side feels satisfied while the other does not, it indicates an imbalance that can lead to dissatisfaction and conflict, revealing the importance of equitable exchanges in relationships.
In practice
During a negotiation meeting to stress the importance of finding a middle ground.
Over the years, I've evolved a somewhat heretical but time-and mind-saving approach to books, articles, editorials that deal with weighty matters. More often than not, by beginning at the end and contemplating the conclusions, one can determine if it's worth going through the whole to get there.
Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.
To live long and achieve happiness, cultivate the art of radiating happiness.
The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one.
If you never budge, don't expect a push.
How would you know what happy is if you've never been otherwise.
Once a woman is made man's equal, she becomes his superior.
We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives, and without it there is suffering.
I was called a 'CD' by a suicidal teenager, who is alive today because I became her 'Chosen Dad,' who loved her. We all have the potential to re-parent ourselves and others.
I like to see people reunited, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and the crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth can't tell fast enough, the ears that aren't big enough, the eyes that can't take in all of the change, I like the hugging, the bringing together, the end of missing someone.
A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home.
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