Cliff Harwin – Page 16 – The Highly Sensitive Person Publishing Company

#HighlySensitivePeople: Do you need to be motivated?

Post category:Important Life Skill Motivation

You know something important needs to be done, but somehow, you lack the drive to take action. You might feel guilty, and this alone will make you less motivated.

Success can’t be achieved without motivation. Where is the source of your motivation? Where can you turn to for the inspiration to propel you forward? Below are some suggestions:

Visualize completing the task and reaching your objective. Never lose sight of your ultimate goal. It could be getting a job promotion and a bigger paycheck, or finishing another chapter in the book you’re writing, or losing five pounds by the end of the month. Seeing yourself achieving these goals will motivate you to take action. (more…)

#HighlySensitivePeople: Are you losing your patience?

Post category:Challenge and Conflict Important Life Skill

Are you losing your patience? Unfortunately I am. Sometimes, things seem to bother me more as I get older. This is frustrating because I assumed that I’d be more tolerant and wiser at this stage in my life. Do you feel this way?

I decided that a self-assessment is needed to help alleviate my angst. What is actually bothering me? What can I do about it? These are very important questions that we need to ask ourselves when we feel more agitated than usual. (more…)

#HighlySensitivePeople: Is your highly sensitive intuition always correct?

Post category:Important Life Skill Intuition

Have you ever had a situation where you followed your intuition and things didn’t work out? Did you feel confused and even doubt your intuitive ability?

Author Gary Klein explains why intuition can be the source of significant errors in the course of making a decision. Here are a few of them:

Inaccurate information – Intuitive decision makers tend to respond quickly to inaccurate, insufficient, unreliable, or incomplete information based on patterns from previous experiences. (more…)

#HighlySensitivePeople: How do you feel about being criticized?

Post category:Resilience Self Confidence

Who likes to be criticized? As a highly sensitive person and introvert, the scary feeling of being judged is intensified, as is the pain of being humiliated.

I had a grammar school teacher criticize me in front of the class. It had a long lasting affect about the way I felt about school. I was afraid to go to class and was never a good student. (more…)

Inspiration and Information for Highly Sensitive People