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Making Work Work for the Highly Sensitive Person
by Barrie S. Jaeger
from McGraw-Hill
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
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Valuable book with some great insights
I have read this book through twice in the past year, and I came away from it with some valuable insights both about work and myself. That said, this book is by no means a "how-to". Jaeger presumes that the reader knows her/himself well and will use that self-knowledge to work toward creating employment that is an extension of that self. And yes, it is a process.
I liked Jaeger's divisions of work as falling into either drudgery, craft, or calling (although even she admits that it can sometimes be a... more info
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My context on this book:
I'd like to add a bit of context to the reviews of this book.
This book will not "get" you into a great job; that's magical thinking. Nor will it "offer personalised steps", which is personalising what is, frankly, an impersonal workplace mainly located at the level of Craft.
Now, to what this book DOES do: it proposes three containers for working energies: Drudgery, Craft, and Calling. These are powerful insights into the modes of nature; for me they reflect the deep dynamic qualities of nature... more info
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Decent discussion of HSP, but not for all HSPs
I actually am impressed with Barrie's book. For those obsessed with the MBTI she looks like an INFJ to me (and it comes across in her writing as well). The book is very reassuring for highly sensitive people. The reason the book earns four stars and not five is because Barrie essentially wrote it for herself and highly sensitive people (hereafter HSP) like her, which I think is a fair criticism. I like the book and might give it four and a half stars, but it deserves four stars rather than five.
Barrie... more info
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Affirming but does not work 
I so looked forward to getting this book - it's title set an expectation that it may reveal some action(s) to be taken on the path to career fulfillment. It was scattered and a bit shallow, leaving it hard to believe the author "owned" the knowledge claiming to be shared. There were quite a few affirming lines, little new information about being highly sensitive, and no solutions to follow up the conclusions drawn. I found the writing ruminating at times and missing the self discipline and focus that is... more info
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