<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Picture your relationships as concentric circles,... > Picture your relationships as concentric circles, with your most trusted people at the center. Moving someone outward when their conduct repeatedly drains or harms you, and inward when they show care and respect, is not throwing a person away; it is strategic disengagement, an adjustment of access done neatly and without unnecessary collateral damage. **Source:** [[livestreams/Alternate Capture of New Beginnings — Relationship Contracts and the Energy We Protect - Workbook|Alternate Capture of New Beginnings — Relationship Contracts and the Energy We Protect]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Picture your relationships as concentric circles, with your most trusted people at the center. Moving someone outward when their conduct repeatedly drains or harms you, and inward when they show care and respect, is not throwing a person away; it is strategic disengagement, an adjustment of access done neatly and without unnecessary collateral damage.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-picture-relationships-concentric-unnecessary-collateral-damage ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->