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A Personal Example of Systems Theory in the Workplace

In a recent post, I discussed systems. These can be our families, but also groups at work, organizations, teams or congregations.

Below, I share a personal example of how understanding systems can impact the choices we make in groups and how those choices can impact our personal growth and even the trajectory of our lives.

Inner Authority

I once heard a mentor use the term inner authority.  I didn't know what he meant, and I didn't have any.  I was a quintessential rule follower and people pleaser. Authority was out there and not in here.

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I was 31 at the time, and had completed medical school, residency program to be an adult psychiatrist and was finishing my first year of a two year fellowship to be a child psychiatrist.