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Empathy Spectrum

Tyler's model running from doormat to bulldozer, with healthy reciprocal empathy in the middle. Healthy empathy means engaging with someone while still holding space for yourself.

From the episode “"Intensity Is a Bulldozer" The Leadership Trait Everyone Praises and Nobody Survives”

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