Disputants often fare poorly when they each act greedily and deceptively.

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

It's easy, of course, for two teams to collude, but somewhat more difficult for twenty-eight

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.

There is no shortage of disputes.

We act like a zero-sum society, when in reality there is a lot of non zero-sum fat to be skimmed off to everyone's mutual advantage.

A lot depends on the starting point.