by Barrie Jaeger
Pages: 238
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
This title builds on Elaine Aron's bestseller, The Highly Sensitive Person and includes a foreword by her.
People who are highly sensitive are often creative, intelligent and dedicated workers. But to be successful, they need to have work that they are passionate about and develop skills to build confidence, combat stress and the over-stimulation that comes with many workplaces.
This book can help anyone who is a highly sensitive person find out if their job is the right one for them, learn how to make their opinions heard and valued, protect themselves from bullies. It could also be a useful tool for managers and others in leadership roles. Currently experts estimate that 20% of the population is a highly sensitive person. They are often introverts but there are some extroverted highly sensitive people too.
After a co-worker loaned me her copy of Elaine Aron's book, I realized that I am a highly sensitive person and that can be a good thing. I picked up this title, from the State Library collection to see what insights and tips it could provide me. I knew that library work has given me great opportunities to help others find information and resources they needed as well as a new favorite author. This book helped me realize why, though I loved helping people and working at the public library, I needed a change. The quieter atmosphere and the great reference staff team at the State Library has reduced my stress and made me look forward to going to work each day again.
