Jumping ship is not the solution: Leverage your sensitive traits to thrive in diverse workplaces

Author: Dr. Barbara J. Stiffelman [USA]
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: How many people are trapped in jobs they dislike while losing their sense of direction in life? Many of us have stayed too long in frustrating jobs, finally leaving with trauma and exhaustion. Some seem trapped in a cycle, returning to the same dissatisfying situations; while others finally find jobs they believe are meaningful and fulfilling. If you often feel drained at work or your job doesn’t fully unleash your creativity, you may belong to the 20% of people who are crushed by work pressure. Highly sensitive individuals are often very intelligent, imaginative, deeply engaged, and highly attuned to their surroundings. This sensitivity is part of the passion they bring to work. However, it can also become a source of pain at work. Highly sensitive people have very acute senses in many ways, which can sometimes lead them into work-related dilemmas. These acute senses may manifest as intense emotions or heightened sensory awareness, as if their minds are constantly receiving information, generating rich imagination, and thus never resting. The pressure of work dissatisfaction is even greater than these daily trivialities, making our lives dim and depression taking hold, while health is also affected. But many highly sensitive individuals like us have finally broken free from these struggles and found fulfilling jobs. Such things can happen anytime, anywhere. You can find their stories in this book. There are young people, middle-aged people; men, women; scholars, laypeople. But all of them share a common trait—we are all highly sensitive individuals.