Straight From the Mouth of Author John Neral

 

10 Things You Might Not Know About Author John Neral

1. John is a Professional Bowler and won a title on the Professional Bowlers Association Regional  Tour.

2. John had a 25-year career in education before launching his coaching practice full-time. He taught middle school mathematics for 14 years. He then moved into various administrative and professional development roles that included working for a state superintendent and serving as a Training and Staffing Director for an educational non-profit.

3. One of John’s first jobs was as a church organist. At 13, John studied under Father Alphonse Stephenson, a renowned musician and Broadway conductor. It was an unusual job for a teenager, but John became an in-demand musician for various church functions. This also led to John playing piano for several local community theatre productions. He maintained a career in church music for over ten years.

4. John directed an a capella group at Loyola College in Maryland called “The Notables.” Their biggest performance was singing the National Anthem for the Baltimore Orioles. John vividly remembers conducting the group and seeing himself on the JumboTron.

5. John is an avid game-show enthusiast. He has fond memories of sitting with his grandmother watching game shows. In 2005, John appeared on GSN’s Chain Reaction and later appeared on a TV Land reality show called “Make My Day.” He hopes to appear on Wheel of Fortune or The Price is Right someday.

6. John always wanted to go skydiving until he accompanied his best friend on a flying lesson. They went up in a 4-seater, and there was a lot of turbulence that day. That ended John’s desire to jump out of a plane.

7. John has a fear of bugs – anything creepy or crawly freaks him out.

8. John’s biggest pet peeve is bad table manners. Close your mouth when you chew! LOL.

9. Growing up, John wanted a career in television as a meteorologist but was told by someone that he didn’t “have the right look for tv.” He let that squash his dreams, and it is one of his biggest regrets that he never pursued that dream. However, life is wonderful, and things do work out for the best.

10. One of John’s “worst” jobs was working for a party rental company, where he helped put up party tents for large events. He hated that job and lasted six days on a dare because his father didn’t believe he would last more than one week. John went into work on day six and quit. He was so bad at that job that his boss let him go immediately. 

John Neral, MA, CPC reawakens, energizes, galvanizes, and innovates the mind think of employees, corporations, associations, and systems. A celebrated executive/career and professional development coach and in-demand, mindset-shifting public speaker, John’s professional walk included a 25-year career in education and a longstanding corporate consultant for Fortune 500 giant, Casio America, Inc. He now leads John Neral Coaching, LLC, one of the most progressive, mindset-shifting professional and organizational coaching and public speaking firms in the U.S. He is the author of Your Mid-Career GPS – Four Steps to Figuring Out What’s Next and SHOW UP – Six Strategies to Lead a More Energetic and Impactful Career and the host of “The Mid-Career GPS Podcast.”

As a Master Practitioner in the Energy Leadership Index, John’s experience has made him an impactful and valuable coach to his one-on-one and group coaching clients and organizations. With Energy Leadership™, John identifies where people perform at their optimal levels and when they are under stress. Combining the Energy Leadership™ principles, a client’s workplace strengths, and their “unique professional value,” John helps his clients create their career GPS so they can take action toward achieving their professional and personal goals.

A former church organ prodigy, John is an avid traveler–having sojourned to 5 of the 7 continents, a professional bowler and the winner of a Professional Bowlers’ Association Regional Title (2010), and a game-show fan, having appeared on previous episodes of GSN’s Chain Reaction and Make My Day. John is happily married and lives with his spouse and their rescue cat, Amy Farrah Meowler (named after the Big Bang Theory character), in the heart of Washington DC’s Dulles Technology Corridor, Tysons Corner, VA.

You can visit his website at https://johnneral.com or follow him at Twitter, Facebook and Goodreads.