A final word of advice: don't gloat about how well you have done.

the mediation of internal conflicts can be resolved by linkages with other problems.

The party that negotiates in haste is often at a disadvantage.

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.

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.

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