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A metaphor that I find useful is the intergenerational telescope. Rather than peer into space, this telescope allows the viewer to gaze across time to imagine the worlds in which future generations of heirs will live.
Read more...When our children were very young, we lived far from their grandparents. We asked each grandparent to read children's books onto audiotape and to include comments as if they were reading in the presence of our children ("Do you see the red balloon that the bunny is holding?"). They hit a glass with a spoon each time a page was to be turned. When the recording was completed, they sent the tape and the book to us.
Read more...I coined the term "Trustscape" to describe a subsystem of the larger family system. Members of the Trustscape™ subsystem include grantors, trustees, beneficiaries, their advisors, as well as the trust agreements that link them. Systems thinking has proven helpful in understanding the complex emotional interplay in the Trustscape™ subsystem.
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