Disruptive Empathy

Disruptive Empathy

Your Strengths Outlast the Mission Statement

The career cost of writing like you're being watched

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Eric Near
Jul 16, 2026
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I used to post like I was in a hostage video.

Not literally. (The lighting was fine.) But if you went back through my LinkedIn content from my startup years, you would find a person who was enthusiastic in a way that had no texture, supportive in a way that had no specificity, and aligned in a way that, now that I am outside of it and can see it clearly,…

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