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'A perceptive guide' - "Publishers Weekly". If you feel drained and debilitated at work, or your work doesn't fulfill your creativity, you may be among the 20 percent of the population who are overwhelmed by job pressures. The Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) is often intelligent, imaginative, empathetic, and hyper-aware of surroundings. This sensitivity is part of being passionate about work. But it can also make being in the work force a painful trial. Based on cutting-edge research and extensive interviews with hundreds of HSPs, Dr. Barrie Jaeger tackles the problems and issues highly sensitive people face - including feeling overwhelmed by work pressures, overstimulation in the workplace, and lack of confidence. Building on the groundbreaking national bestseller, "The Highly Sensitive Person", she explains why traditional work doesn't work for you - and what you can do about it. Dr. Jaeger provides proven strategies to find work you can embrace, not just endure, including: identifying particular aspects of any job that contribute to unhappiness; avoiding certain jobs that don't work for HSPs and what to do to get out; finding your true calling - and how to let a calling find you - and discovering work that brings joy, creativity, and the greatest level of satisfaction. Jaeger also includes exercises, ways to take breaks (vital for stress relief) and provides helpful personal assessment features. "Making Work Work" is an owner's manual for highly sensitive people who want to discover how to love what they do - and do what they love.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #164175 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

From the Back Cover

"A perceptive guide"--Publishers Weekly

If you feel drained and debilitated at work, or your work doesn't fulfill your creativity, you may be among the 20 percent of the population who are overwhelmed by job pressures. The Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) is often intelligent, imaginative, empathetic, and hyper-aware of surroundings. This sensitivity is part of being passionate about work. But it can also make being in the work force a painful trial.

Based on cutting-edge research and extensive interviews with hundreds of HSPs, Dr. Barrie Jaeger tackles the problems and issues highly sensitive people face--including feeling overwhelmed by work pressures, overstimulation in the workplace, and lack of confidence. Building on the groundbreaking national bestseller, The Highly Sensitive Person, she explains why traditional work doesn't work for you--and what you can do about it. Dr. Jaeger provides proven strategies to find work you can embrace, not just endure, including:

• Identifying particular aspects of any job that contribute to unhappiness
• Avoiding certain jobs that don't work for HSPs and what to do to get out
• Finding your true calling--and how to let a calling find you--and discovering work that brings joy, creativity, and the greatest level of satisfaction.

Jaeger also includes exercises, ways to take breaks (vital for stress relief) and provides helpful personal assessment features. Making Work Work is an owner's manual for highly sensitive people who want to discover how to love what they do--and do what they love.

About the Author

Barrie Jaeger, Ph.D., is known as "The Self-Employment Doctor" and "Work Purpose Coach." She presents seminars and workshops on workplace issues for the HSP. Barrie contributes articles on work to the Comfort Zone, a newsletter for the Highly Sensitive Person, published by Elaine Aron.

Customer Reviews

Never quite gives you what you want...
This book just doesn't match up to others aimed at HSP's. It seems to have been constructed around an existing theory, with HSP's shoved in to fit. Repetitious and lacking in depth, I was left wondering if the author had ever met an HSP - at points she seems to claim to be one, but utterly underestimates our need for analysis and validation. However, if you are an HSP struggling with the awfulness of the workplace you will find comfort here, and I would recommend this - with reservations.

Awful presentation and writing style
After reading Elaine Aaron's book I was suitably impressed with her content and style; however this parasitically written book by Jaeger is absolutely awful. This book is a pure garbled mess. No clear points made throughout the whole content. Just an irritatingly frustrating read that leaves you wondering exactly WHAT was the author trying to get across? She failed miserably to make this a successful presentation of the subject. I certainly wouldn't recommend it. I certainly wouldn't have bothered buying it if I'd known how poor the actual content was. I only gave it one star because I don't think you can award a minus 5!

A great read and very enlightening.
I found this book to be an excellent read. I had no idea if I was an HSP (Highly Sensitive Person) or not but bought the book simply because I was interested to see what it had to offer in terms of helping me to understand why I felt so mentally detached from my job. In addition to helping me identify certain traits and attitudes within myself that I never realised I had, it also made me realise what my strengths are and how I could apply these to my job to make it a happier place for me. The main thing I learned from this book was that if the heart OR mind is engaged with your work, you will probably be ok to carry on as either your heart OR your mind will help you get through the highs and lows. And that's probably what keeps people remaining in the same job for so many years. It doesn't necessarily mean they're overly happy or content but it's never bad enough for them to want to leave. But if NEITHER your heart or mind are engaged with your work, then it's time to get out or make some serious changes. This is where the book will help you to think more clearly about what you could do, and give you the motivation to make those changes. It will also help you realise how your strengths can be applied to discover the type of work you know would bring you happiness and the greatest level of satisfaction. My favourite phrase which wasn't in this book but I think can be applied here is...'If you dream it, you can believe it, and if you believe it you can achieve it'. It's a great book, and am already recommending it to my friends...