About Me
September 20, 2021 2022-03-13 21:38About Me
Thomas Schneider
I learned one thing about online education is that highly motivated individuals always find a way to tackle the challenge in the most creative and flexible way.
Like so many people, I discovered my calling later in life. After having completed my AA in Business Administration from San Joaquin College and my BA in Legal Studies from Humphreys University, I spent 22 years in small business as the owner of a 42-acre almond farm.
I subsequently earned a Culinary Arts degree from Le Cordon Bleu, and spent 14 years as an event planner and caterer and another 4 years in restaurant management. Finally, I went on to win a number of corporate sales awards as an Outside Sales Representative for Sysco Foods.
All of these pursuits involved working closely with my customers and developing and refining my services based on their needs, but eventually I realized that I wanted to make even more of a personal impact in people’s lives.
My passion for encouraging people to invest in themselves and their dreams led me to study Strategic Coaching with Tony Robbins, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Hypnotherapy with Tad James, and goal-setting with Michael Hyatt. Life Coaching offers me the privilege of working with my clients one-on-one, helping to facilitate their learning, growth, and sense of fulfillment.
While your technical skills might get your foot in the door, it’s your interpersonal skills that will keep opening doors for your success.
In fact, a study conducted by Harvard University found that only 15% of success is attributed to technical skills, while a whopping 85% of success stems from well developed interpersonal skills.
By developing key soft skills, you can excel as a leader in your field. Problem-solving, motivating others and achieving high team performance become easier.
Strong interpersonal skills include:
Active listening
Empathy
Emotional self-regulation
Collaboration
Conflict resolution
Presence (Non-verbals)
Verbal communication
Improve your communication?
Increase your value?
Stop doubting your knowledge or experience?
Raise your confidence?
Make a greater impact?
If you answered yes to any of these, I'm here to support you and give you tools to reach these goals.
