Compromising is the style that most people think of as negotiation, but in reality compromising is usually just haggling Compromising often involves splitting the difference, usually resulting in an end position of about half way between both party's
opening positions. In the absence of a good rationale or properly exchanged concessions, half way between the two positions seems "fair". What compromising ignores however, is that the people that take the most extreme positions tend to get more of what is on offer.