YOU HAVE ARRIVED HERE BECAUSE:

	You Want To: Create the life you want
	You Want To: Be popular and influential
	You Want To: Reach your full potential
	You Want To: Have more self-confidence
	You Want To: Be a great communicator
	You Want To: Become a powerful negotiator

If You Said Yes to any of the above than I am here to help you learn how to achieve all these professional and personal goals and more.

I’m Les Schmidt, and I'd like to  welcome you to my web site. Here’s a brief background on me, and what inspired me to create this site: I was born and raised in Philadelphia. My Dad worked in auto body shops, and took me into those shops almost from the time I could walk. I began my career in auto repair at the age of seventeen, to impress Dad and develop the skills to earn a good living. I started my own auto repair business in a small back alley shop in Northeast Philly at the age of twenty five. What happened after that could easily fill three books, but I condensed it into one, and titled it: “The Truth: Escaping a Cult,” available soon.

In August 1985 I moved to Hershey, Pennsylvania to start over, and accepted a job in a Nissan dealership. My four youngest teenage daughters joined me. I began a quest to become my personal best and a role model for my daughters. I read every success and self-help book I could find, attended hundreds of seminars and was mentored by highly successful people. I tested and applied what I learned on my job as an auto body shop manager in the four car dealerships where I worked during the next 22 years.

A passion to help others reach their potential, and a love of writing, emerged during those years. My first short story, “Son Of A Bitch Ridge” was purchased by Fur-Fish-Game and published in 2001, and encouraged me toward a writing career. Next I condensed what I learned through books, tapes, seminars, and on the job, into a book. I titled the book, “So, You Are In The People Business” because we are all in the business of dealing with people, and are poorly trained for it. I especially noticed the lack of good communication skills, and how having those skills gave me a great advantage in my career and personal life.

I created Sage Script as my publishing company in 2003. The credo of Sage Script is: “Everything we do is intended to make a significant and lasting contribution to others.” The mission of Sage Script is to enlighten, educate and entertain through written and audio products. I love to research Universal principles, test them through experience, and share with others.

Les Schmidt