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What is the Victim archetype in wealthy families?

Framework: The Victim · Chapter: Appendix 2: Archetypes

Kris Kluver, in The Dysfunctional Family Office, names this archetype the Victim. The Victim is externally focused. Reads every setback as somebody else's fault. Treats circumstances as evidence of victimhood rather than as facts to take ownership of. Stuck in a pattern that prevents growth and alienates potential allies. The archetype is hard to address because the framing protects the Victim from the work growth would require. Every setback gets attributed to external forces. Every failed relationship was someone else's fault. The pattern can run for decades because it's self-protective. The Victim pairs with the Martyr founder to produce a Guilt Loop. One deals in guilt. The other in blame. Both avoid ownership. The fix requires the Victim to identify, with help, small areas where they can take ownership and start there. Most won't do the work voluntarily. Some will when the cost of staying in the pattern becomes visible. Chris Richardson works with rising generation members on this reset at thethirtyadvisors.com.

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