Advice: don't embarrass your bargaining partner by forcing him or her to make all the concessions.

Advice: don't embarrass your bargaining partner by forcing him or her to make all the concessions.

There is no shortage of disputes.

The art of compromise centers on the willingness to give up something in order to get something else in return. Successful artists get more than they give up.

Most people, even in simple risky situations, don't behave the way the theory of utility would have them behave.

A mediator is an impartial outsider who tries to aid the negotiators in their quest to find a compromise agreement.

Game theory, however, deals only with the way in which ultrasmart, all knowing people should behave in competitive situations, and has little to say to Mr. X as he confronts the morass of his problem.