Rules are a product of past negotiations.

• Rules are the product of negotiation.

• Unlike natural laws, rules are man-made.

• People negotiated with each other in the past, and the conclusion at that point in time becomes the rule.

  • Existing rule is a product of past negotiations.

• So even if what you want to do goes against existing rules, that's no reason not to do it.

  • Negotiate Change the rules. I have a choice.

• In the process of growth, a human being first experiences a state in which he or she does not have negotiating ability.

  • So it is easy to forget that there is room for negotiation in the rules.
  • So it's easy to give up on an action just because the rules prohibit it.
    • The Parable of the Elephant and the Chain
      • learned helplessness
  • We need to learn that "rules can be changed."

• Even now, as an adult, it is not easy to negotiate a change in criminal law after committing a crime that violates it, for example.

• On the other hand, company rule etc. could be changed by proper negotiation.

relevance - Avoiding changing the rules leads to big business disease. - policy constraint / physical restraints / physical laws - Negotiable for those managed by people.

old title: Rules and Negotiations

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