Let’s look at systems from three different vantage points—from close in, medium range, and wide angle. Each view enables us to see different patterns and dynamics in our relationship systems. One Step Back: You + Me Intersections. From here we see the interaction of you and me as a pair. What is the particular you + me combination that is creating a problem, and what is each of us contributing to that? Two Steps Back: Role Clashes. This view expands our perspective to look at the roles each of us plays on the team, in the organization, or in the family. Roles are often a crucial but largely
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