Accepting Loss as Fair (opens in new tab)

Most of us learn that uncompromising positions seldom work in the real world. We must bend, or risk breaking. As The Stones put it, you can’t always get what you want. The best place to witness such a lesson might be in the aisles of store where a toddler has a meltdown over the denial of something they really, really want. One is likely to even hear the “not fair” charge through tears and contorted facial muscles. It’s what we often say when not getting our way—from a highly-biased perspective.