It's easy enough to get your own way. It's not so easy, though, to be sure that your own way is the best way. If, as you set out to meet your own target, you cause someone else to miss theirs, you may end up with a hollow victory. It is easily forgotten in this money-mad world, but people matter more than things. A compromise which keeps alive a sense of warmth and trust has to be preferable to a battle fought, and won, which leaves a deep resentment. A genuine doubt is often worth far more than a false certainty