How I turned my so-called soft skills into career superpowers

For years, Felicity Haythorn squashed her empathetic, intuitive nature to fit in at work. This is how she harnessed her ‘softer’, undervalued innate traits to create a more authentic career…

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Felicity Haythorn

Things people have said to me throughout my career: ‘God, you’re emotional.’ ‘You’re overreacting.’ ‘You’re overthinking it.’ And my personal favourite from a former editor: ‘Felicity’s finally grown a pair of balls.’ (Just what I’d always wanted).

I’m a highly sensitive, intuitive, compassionate empath. I’m proud to say this today, because final…