Jim Sniechowski PhD|Judith and Jim

Jim received a Book Excellence Award!

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:46:54 +0000

Terry Gross & Philip Roth

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 19:58:11 +0000

I am deeply interested in fiction writing as well as what writers encounter as they write. So I’m looking for a FB group formed by writers discussing their writing; not just the content of their stories, which will of course happen. But also what do writers run into: what gives the most pleasure what are the greatest rewards (commercial and spiritual)? What about writers who writes novels, short stories, screen plays, I just heard Terry […]

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Even As A Professional You Still Have to Leave Home No Matter Your Age

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 20:07:34 +0000

The Challenge of Leaving Home No Matter Your Age What was it like the last time you left home? Or someplace you became accustomed to and comfortable in? What did you feel? What did you think? What did you imagine? The idea of leaving home conjures up a particular set of images. When most people think of leaving home they think of moving to another location. That’s understandable and the easiest option to imagine for […]

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Did You Learn To Play Yourself Down?

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:38:15 +0000

Over the years of executive coaching with my wife Judith Sherven, PhD we’ve been struck by the many ways people have learned to play down their authority, their accomplishments, their ambitions. And these mechanisms are so unconscious that when we point them out, the individuals are often a bit shocked that they’ve been camouflaging who they really are. So, as I detail a few examples, see if you identify with any of these behaviors: *** […]

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The Challenge of Leaving Home No Matter Your Age

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 20:20:52 +0000

What was it like the last time you left home? Or someplace you became accustomed to and comfortable in? What did you feel? What did you think? What did you imagine? The idea of leaving home conjures up a particular set of images. When most people think of leaving home they think of moving to another location. That’s understandable and the easiest option to imagine for leaving home. Leaving the place of your birth: might […]

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Your Family: For Better And Worse

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 20:29:11 +0000

When I began to think about this post I thought the title would be Your Family: For Better or Worse. But it became clear that the conjunction “or” connects alternatives, better or worse in this case, but in my experience as a psychologist families do not offer a choice between these two. Every family has its own specific intellectual and emotional atmosphere, or family culture within which it exists and teaches the children who enter […]

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When You’re A Writer

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:41:32 +0000

Sometimes, when you’re a writer, you have to help your readers understand what they’re about to read. For example, I’ve been working on a fiction trilogy of autobiographical novels beginning with my real life in 1950-60s Polish Catholic Detroit which I call “The Leaving Home Trilogy”. What follows is the Prologue I’ve written to guide my readers’ understanding and interest as they make their way through each of the three novels. The words “leaving home” […]

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Mining Your Intuition

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 20:49:01 +0000

“A logic teacher I once had told us that an intuition is like a container, it comes packed with the information you will need in order to realize what you sensed in that intuitive moment, but it must be unpacked.” That statement describes how I go about writing. I begin with an intuition or what I call “an intuitive hit.” Another way to say this is that I begin with an idea that is emotionally […]

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Every Professional Has To Be A Good Writer. But…

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Mon, 13 Mar 2017 20:53:28 +0000

What’s it like to be a good writer? Really? How do you learn to write good reports, good blog posts, or even a book? That’s what I’ll be addressing in my next several Influencer posts. So to start, here are some serious questions: What’s the day-to-day professional pressure to write really like? What’s it like when everything is flowing? What’s it like when you have to pull teeth to get a sentence on paper? I don’t […]

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No Feedback = A Maze, Bad Feedback = Quicksand

Jim Sniechowski PhD — Sun, 17 Apr 2016 20:58:09 +0000

Within every company and consequently within every person (and vice versa) there is a measure of productivity that goes unexpressed and a quality of productivity that goes unrealized. That lack of rewarding and fulfilling productivity is caused, in large part, by: —- the absence of feedback which creates a maze, an intricate combination of paths or possibilities in which it’s difficult if not impossible to reach an acceptable resolution; or —- the presence of bad […]

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