12 things that people do who sort it out: they recognise the road to agreement is as fast as the slowest person
People often wonder why agreement is often reached at mediation when it hasn’t been possible previously.
Mediation can help people step back from the problem and gain some perspective. They start to see that the problem isn’t going to be resolved until both people have a result that they can live with.
When people aren’t seeing eye to eye, it can be tempting to try to undermine the other person, or to see them trip and fall.
The problem is when people take this approach they haven’t considered that resolution will only be reached when both people reach an agreement they can live with and these actions are only undermining their own journey to resolution.
The people who focus on the future and consider what they say and do things and the effect of this on the other person are the ones who sort it out. They focus on the future and consider how both people can move forward happy and healthy. These are the people who are able to work together to make sure potholes are avoided and they do the best to get over the line sooner, together, so they can both move on.