Quotes from Dan Pena

QLA is not about filling your brain with information - it is starting a fire within your heart and soul!

I have said countless times high performance people are never satisfied with what they do or how they do it! Hence, I am always endeavouring to improve.

Of course I have said, till I am blue in the face - people don't lack goals, passion, grit, or drive - they lack leadership!

Jerry Ormand was already a legendary Texas oilman when I met him. Yet he took the time to introduce me to the fine points of the oil business and how to survive and prosper amid the chaos of a rough-and-tumble industry.

I can work 5-10 hrs. straight with no problem, though I do take towards the end of a 6-8 hr. work stint some time out to beat myself severely in the gym with weights/aerobics, including intervals!

Good leaders make sense of change in the world... then imparts that insight to the team.

It is extremely gratifying to see success like exhibited by the founders of Instagram!

I have written and said countless times it is not what happens to you in life that makes a difference! It is how we react to what happens to us in life that creates our history and - more importantly - our future!

I may be wrong, but I am never in doubt! And anyone who has been around me for even a minute understands that my self-confidence and self-esteem is sometimes overwhelming!

When I came back from the military and completed a 4-year degree in 2 1/2 years, I developed the extraordinary habits needed to get a lot done in a very short period of time!

The road to success is always under construction... there are lots of pot holes but no traffic jams.

Don't set time limits for achieving goals. They should transcend time.

I coach my mentees to act as if they are invincible - to act as if they could accomplish anything!

High performance people take action quickly and change their mind slowly!

All you need is the desire, passion, and will to fulfil your dreams!

The truth is, successful people are not ten times smarter than you. They don't really work ten times harder than you. So why are they successful? Because their dreams are so much bigger than yours!

Progress often masquerades as trouble.

I could not be more proud of the countless lives that I have changed since I began my coaching and mentoring career!

Our lives are a series of lowered expectations year after year. We got pounded by everything around us. Just like our parents and their parents. We are products of our social and economic milieu.

If you want to make more money, you'll have to do things differently. You will have to do things you never even thought of doing in the past. You will have to do things out of your comfort zone.

Jim Newman, the business visionary who created the term 'comfort zone,' showed me how to expand my horizons. Thanks to Jim, after I attended one of his PACE Seminars in 1978; I moved out of my comfort zone at Bear Stearns and became a super successful oilman.

High-performance people have larger, more expanded comfort zones than most!

I have always known I had talent, LOL, but to be called a 'talent' feels a little strange - but well within my comfort zone!

Never start small where goals are concerned. You'll make better decisions - and find it much easier to work a lot harder - when your ultimate goal is ultimate success.