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The Fast Extender

You give trust quickly and don't require it earned. Breaches sting but rarely close the door for good.

The dimensional signature
Extension 90
Verification 25
Recovery 80
Default 90
Calibration 70

What this type means

The Fast Extender pattern combines high baseline trust with high recovery — the rare combination where you both extend easily AND don't collapse when betrayed. Usually rooted in secure attachment and a track record of mostly-trustworthy people in early life. Roughly 10–15% of the adult population; overrepresented in long-tenure friendships and broad social networks.

In relationships

People feel met by you fast. The risk: you can be repeatedly burned by the same kind of person because the pattern doesn't register until late.

Watch for

Fast trust without pattern-tracking becomes naïveté. Write down breaches when they happen — your future self will need the record.

The growth edge

Build a "second-burn rule" — once you've been hurt the same way twice by similar people, treat it as a pattern, not bad luck.

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The other types in The Trust Architecture

The VerifierThe Provisional TrusterThe AbsoluteThe CompartmentalizerThe Burnt

Pairs well with

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