Dan Pena

Businessman

1945-08-10

Quotes by Dan Pena

• As I have told many, the only goal my dad had for me was to keep me alive to reach the age of reason! He had no aspirations for me vis-a-vis education, wealth, or anything else!

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• 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.

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

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• 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!

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• 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.

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• By definition, to work with me, you need thicker skin and must be OK with a certain amount of verbal abuse!

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

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

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• 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!

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• We all have baggage from our upbringing! That's life!

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• Super-success is not for everyone, and you will endure weeks and months and years of hard work, obstacles, failures, victories, pain, and any manner of 'negative' experiences to reap the rewards of success, drink from the golden goblet, own the brass ring.

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• When I volunteered for the draft as a 20-year-old, mischievous guy at the height of the Vietnam War, most thought I was destined to pass from this earth early!

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

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

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• 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.

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• I, like Don Quixote, have fought many a windmill.

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

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

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• 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.

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