By Holly White — 2019
More insights on a positive side of a “disorder”
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In a work world dominated by automation, digitalization, and increasing incivility, the need for one group of workers, those whom I call “sensitive strivers,” has never been greater.
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Highly sensitive people might be different from the general population, but they are different in a way that could be useful—and perhaps crucial—to the function of society.