Compromise is the healthiest solution when you're expecting to do one thing and the people you're working with, living with, or in love with expect you to do another. Don't think of compromise as failure or as losing something you want. Think of it as getting at least half of what you want.

If you need to compromise on something that affects your time schedule or a deadline you have set, first see if there's a way that you can rearrange your time to accommodate both. If there's not, then a sit-down, rational, and reasonable discussion is necessary.

Use logic to weigh the pros and cons of the different types of compromise on the table in front of you. Your first inclination may be to choose the one that benefits you the most, but what you really need to do is decide what your priorities are. If the most important priority is your relationship with the person, then you need to be a bit more flexible. If the first priority is the job at hand and the person is not someone who's important to your life, career, or future, then figure what's going to best benefit your ultimate goal.

Whatever the case, compromise and move on. You've got a lot of work to do and wasting time being frustrated by a compromise is just that: a waste of time.