Mr. Snook is the Managing Partner of TLEC Ventures and the acting Editor-In-Chief of its portfolio investment No Limit Publishing (www.nolimitpublishinggroup.com)as of January 2010. Mr. Snook has extensive experience and over 11 years as an entrepreneur in the direct sales, coaching, seminar and fitness industries. As an owner of multiple businesses and sales organizations worldwide, Mr. Snook’s responsibilities have included strategic planning and business plan development, financial management and executive oversight responsibilities. He has developed strong competencies in arranging for accounting, legal, and banking relationships and most recently has worked in the private equity and leverage buyouts for multiple companies within the industries of fitness and coaching. He was recently selected as a member of the “Cambridge Who’s Who” list for 2006/2007 for his Outstanding Executive Achievement in the field of Lifestyle and Business Coaching, and "40 under 40" by San Diego Metropolitan Magazine.
As the co-founder of TLEC VENTURES and author of three books (www.burnoutbooks.com and www.wealthmattersbook.com ) Mr. Snook is a sought after key-note speaker and seminar leader and has spoken to management, employees, and students from companies like Wells Fargo, San Diego City Schools, Lifetime Fitness, 24-hour fitness, Golds Gym, Via Viente, Burnlounge Entertainment, Inc., Spa MD, San Diego State University, The Fit Expo, Ironman Magazine, Legacy Performance Solutions, Life Success Publishing, Intero Real Estate Services, and Orpheus Soundstation Entertainment. He is an Expert Sales Coach for Sellmasters, Inc and Life Success Productions whose clients included several Inc. 500 and Fortune 1000 companies across North America, Japan, and Asia, and Australia.
His most recent book with new Co-Author Muzafer Najfi is Wealth Matters: Makeover Edition is the post-Great Recession followup edition to Wealth Matters...Abundance is your birthright which hit best-selling status prior to its release date July 31, 2007. He is also the co-author of Personal Trainer’s Burnout: How to transform frustration to fortune, and the Burnout Books franchise, which has a series of written and audio book programs that teach entrepreneurial thinking to people of multiple walks of life and in multiple industries. He and his wife Brianne have been published in Health & Beauty Magazine, San Diego Business Journal, Ranch and Coast Magazine, and Women’s Tri-Fitness Magazine on a recurring basis, and featured on KGTV 10 on multiple occasions for their expert insight into health related market trends and fitness issues. In January 2007, Mr. Snook was interviewed by Fitness Business Radio (www.fitnessbusinessradio.com) a national radio show tracking trends and business principles for entrepreneurs, and executives in the fitness industry.
Prior to his entrepreneurial career, Mr. Snook worked as a Health Educator and seminar leader for San Diego State University. He combined behavioral modification, nutrition, and fitness to provide seminar content and workshops for students, faculty, and staff. Mr. Snook holds a B.S. degree from West Chester University in Exercise Physiology and was certified by the N.S.C.A. as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist in 1998. He did his graduate work in Exercise Physiology at San Diego State University where he also completed his M.S.B.A. in Entrepreneurship.
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Live everyday as if tomorrow will never come, but have a plan and be on purpose when it does!~Chris J Snook
Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. ~Earl Nightingale
Our greatest strengths can also, at times, be our greatest liabilities. ~Chet Snook
If you don't ask...you don't get! ~Brianne Snook
If you are unwilling to lend something, you should give it away because you no longer own it...it owns you! ~ Bob Proctor
When you come to a fork in the road...take it! ~Yogi Berra
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