The Ownership Cycle: Family Member Roles

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CHAPTER FOUR, Part a: The Ownership Cycle – Family Member Role We are all members of a family. We are children to someone, we may have siblings, we may be parents, we may have extended family: uncles and aunts and cousins. Family members share a bond of intimacy and the option of frequent contact, closer than that between strangers and friends. This makes Ownership of the Universal Roles even more crucial for family harmony. Our interactions, choices and consequences affect these people most. We give our Family Members opinions and advice, and if we don’t do due diligence in the facts, we can do tremendous harm to our loved ones. Family members sometimes feel they deserve the Loyalty of their other family members, including unlimited support for whatever decision they make. However, the Ownership Cycle points out that Loyalty must be Earned. Earned through demonstrating Ownership of the 5 Key Aspects. How many of us would support foolish, ignorant or dangerous decisions that jeopardise the entire family’s happiness or financial security? …show more content…

Many people justify it to themselves on the grounds that “they are family, and they know better.” This is, however, a mistake. To Take Away Ownership from a family member flips them into the No-Ownership Cycle: the clearest example of this is when a child or another family member becomes totally dependent on you, because you have kept Taking Away their Ownership in that choice. Where are the boundaries? The answer lies in going back to ask yourself the first, fundamental question: What Do You

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