Well, at least you're 50% there. Don't compromise with your wife, either.
Lead your wife and children to a better place. Lead them to a place where all of you are happy and yes, it is possible. It's very easy to "compromise" ... just divide by two, right? Much harder to use your noggin and figure out a position where everybody is genuinely happy. You can compromise with your business partners or whoever else is largely irrelevant. With your family, spend the few extra calories, burn the oil, and figure out a path toward making everyone optimally happy.
You misunderstand the word compromise in this context. It's not a negative. Compromise is:
> a position where everybody is genuinely happy.
It's not about splitting 50/50. People equate meeting someone half way with splitting things 50/50. That's far from it.
So, what you say is true. It's what I was saying, just with more words. =)
Now, please don't come back and be one of those people that argue semantics. I meant what I said, I said what I meant, and there was just some confusion. Hopefully, it's clearer now.
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> Children, however, afford no such privilege.
Well, at least you're 50% there. Don't compromise with your wife, either.
Lead your wife and children to a better place. Lead them to a place where all of you are happy and yes, it is possible. It's very easy to "compromise" ... just divide by two, right? Much harder to use your noggin and figure out a position where everybody is genuinely happy. You can compromise with your business partners or whoever else is largely irrelevant. With your family, spend the few extra calories, burn the oil, and figure out a path toward making everyone optimally happy.
Lead them there.