Quotes from Dan Pena

As I have said many times - no 1 loves me as much as I love myself! And if you can't really love yourself, you can't love anything you do!

Entrepreneurship is enduring pain for a long time without relinquishing.

Year-end goals are terrific! Affirmations with goals are even better! And goals, affirmations, along with visualization is even more effective!

I could write a book describing what differentiates the high performance person from all the rest! Hell, I could write volumes!

There's no seminar in the world that will give you multi million-dollar advice on building a business from scratch!

Remarkably successful people habitually do what other people won't do. They go where others won't go because there's a lot less competition and a much greater chance for success.

We're all self-made, but only successful people admit it.

Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success.

My candor has gotten me in a lot of trouble over the years!

My time is much too precious to be wasted on people who merely want to talk about being a high performance person and can't or won't take action!

Constantine 'Costa' Gratsos had made his fortune as a lifelong associate of shipping icon Aristotle Onassis. He took a liking to me, became my first mentor, and showed me how to swim in the deep, dangerous waters of business.

We cannot change the past, only recover from it. And perhaps learn its cruel lessons.

You would think that American educators would want our kids, especially our kids from poorer families, to hear what top-rated Oxford students hear. But you'd be wrong. American schools now hide their students from ideas like mine if they don't approve of the man or the message.

Now, admittedly, my power of concentration is and always has been extraordinary since my army training! In fact, other people say it is legendary and almost cosmic!

We must all remember life doesn't have to be fair for us to succeed if we take change and become masters and creators of our own destiny.

The more emotional distractions you have the harder it is to accomplish your goals - especially at the extreme levels!

Next time, you question what you are doing - ask yourself? What could I do more? In most cases, extra time will be the greatest leverage you can apply!

I have said many times: We have self-esteem or don't, based on how we were raised! Self-esteem is normally produced in your first 7-8 years of life.

If you don't embrace a workload others would consider crazy, then your goal doesn't mean that much to you.

Wishing, hoping, and dreaming without an action plan - is nothing more than a pipe dream!

Life without dreams is like a bird with a broken wing - it can't fly.

The best form of customer service is self service. Constantly empower customers to get their own answers themselves.

You will definitely encounter lots of resistance on the road to super success, but don't let others stop you from reaching your goals.

The Internet is a giant 'lab experiment' for corporate America, and those companies that recognise this and play well within the rules of ambiguity and fluidity will survive and win.