Daniel Steven Peña Sr. (born August 10, 1945), also known as Dan Peña, is an American businessman. These famous Dan Pena quotes will inspire you to achieve success in life.
Best Dan Pena Quotes
- “Never ever share your doubts.” – Dan Peña
- “I can work 5-10 hrs. straight with no problem, though I do take some time towards the end of a 6-8 hr. work stint out to beat myself severely in the gym with weights/aerobics, including intervals!” – Dan Peña
- “Always shoot for the moon. Even if you don’t hit the bulls-eye, you’ll at least get 80 percent.” – Dan Peña
- “People with low self-esteem protect themselves by not taking risks. High self-esteem gives you the power of confidence to take chances.” – Dan Peña
- “Don’t set time limits for achieving goals. They should transcend time.” – Dan Peña
- “You can’t have a dream come true unless you have a dream.” – Dan Peña
- “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.” – Dan Peña
- “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future.” – Dan Peña
- “Business deals start and end with people – the interaction of flesh and blood, bone and sinew, heart and mind, emotion and soul.” – Dan Peña
- “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.” – Dan Peña
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“The more you investigate, the less you have to invest.” – Dan Peña
- All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling! – Dan Peña
- “Cash only prolongs death. It doesn’t avoid it.” – Dan Peña
- “QLA is not about filling your brain with information – it is starting a fire within your heart and soul!” – Dan Peña
- “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!” – Dan Peña
- “Don’t just work longer hours, ‘staying busy’ as most other people do. ‘Work smart’ — i.e. Stay productive and don’t get distracted.” – Dan Peña, Dan Pena Quotes on Work
- “The more emotional distractions you have the harder it is to accomplish your goals – especially at the extreme levels!” – Dan Peña
- “The older you get the less you are surprised.” – Dan Peña
- “High-performance people take action quickly and change their mind slowly!” – Dan Peña
- “The road to success is always under construction… there are lots of potholes but no traffic jams.” – Dan Peña
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“All you need is the desire, passion, and will to fulfil your dreams!” – Dan Peña
- “We cannot change the past, only recover from it. And perhaps learn its cruel lessons.” – Dan Peña
- “People want to be led by strong leaders, and good leaders are constant students.” – Dan Peña
- “Once you learn to make money, it is not that hard… what’s hard is to stay excited about it.” – Dan Peña
- “You will definitely encounter lots of resistance on the road to super success, but don’t let others stop you from reaching your goals.” – Dan Peña
- “As I have often said, I would rather be lucky than smart! But it is even better to be lucky and super smart!” – Dan Peña
- “The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself!” – Dan Peña
- “A deal has to sound good before it is good.” – Dan Peña
- “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!” – Dan Peña, Dan Pena Quotes About Life
- “Quantum Leap success means fishing with nets, not just with lines.” – Dan Peña
- “A famous man once said, ‘A sure formula for failure is to try and please everyone.’ Some might say I built a career on doing just the opposite of pleasing everyone.” – Dan Peña
- “Any problem solved will be replaced immediately by a larger more complicated one!” – Dan Peña
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“Don’t under any circumstances, ever, second guess yourself.” – Dan Peña
- “Year-end goals are terrific! Affirmations with goals are even better! And goals, affirmations, along with visualization is even more effective!” – Dan Peña
- “We are only as emotionally strong as our deepest/biggest secret!” – Dan Peña
- “We’re all self-made, but only successful people admit it.” – Dan Peña
- “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.” – Dan Peña
- “The only difference between a Champ and a Chump is ‘U’.” – Dan Peña
- “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.” – Dan Peña, Dan Pena Quotes On Success
- “I could write a book describing what differentiates the high-performance person from all the rest! Hell, I could write volumes!” – Dan Peña
- “Tough times don’t last – tough people do!” – Dan Peña
- “Man plans – God Laughs!” – Dan Peña
- “High-performance people have larger, more expanded comfort zones than most!” – Dan Peña
- “Don’t focus on mistakes; focus on the positive next time.” – Dan Peña
- “Your most valuable natural asset is your own gut instinct. Don’t be afraid of it. your instinct has more power than all of the conventional wisdom in the world.” – Dan Peña
- “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 few years of life.” – Dan Peña
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“Just do it!” – Dan Peña
- “If you don’t embrace a workload others would consider crazy, then your goal doesn’t mean that much to you.” – Dan Peña
- “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!” – Dan Peña
- “Entrepreneurship is enduring pain for a long time without relinquishing.” – Dan Peña
- “The truth is, I almost always did accomplish what I said I would – in the face of overwhelming obstacles!” – Dan Peña
- “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!” – Dan Peña
- “The difference between a failure and a high-performance individual is how each deals with fear. We are all afraid.” – Dan Peña
- “There’s no seminar in the world that will give you multi-million-dollar advice on building a business from scratch!” – Dan Peña
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“Don’t be a loser.” – Dan Peña
- “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 the ultimate success.” – Dan Peña
- “Life without dreams is like a bird with a broken wing – it can’t fly.” – Dan Peña
- “We must all remember life doesn’t have to be fair for us to succeed if we make the change and become masters and creators of our own destiny!” – Dan Peña
- “By definition, to work with me, you need thicker skin and must be OK with a certain amount of verbal abuse!” – Dan Peña
- “People regularly practice playing a sport like golf or basketball – but few people think about ‘practicing being successful.’ I had practiced meeting the Queen of England – what I would wear, how I would stand, the handshake – so when I did meet her, I was comfortable – for I had practiced the moment for years.” – Dan Peña
- “People that read books don’t take action!” – Dan Peña
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“A deal is either hot – or it’s not.” – Dan Peña
- “Man’s greatest burden is unfulfilled potential.” – Dan Peña
- “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.” – Dan Peña
- “Wishing, hoping, and dreaming without an action plan – is nothing more than a pipe dream!” – Dan Peña
- “We all have baggage from our upbringing! That’s life!” – Dan Peña
- “The Internet has allowed even more growth possible than in the bricks and mortar industries that I dealt with years ago. It is easier to get a business to a million dollars/pounds in revenue on the net! It is not easy! But it is easier when compared to construction, etc., though all businesses use the Internet to enhance marketing.” – Dan Peña
- “Hunger makes beasts of men and demons of beasts.” – Dan Peña
- “People with low self-esteem protect themselves by not taking risks. High self-esteem gives you the power of confidence to take chances.” – Dan Peña
- “Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success.” – Dan Peña
- “I could not be more proud of the countless lives that I have changed since I began my coaching and mentoring career!” – Dan Peña
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“Ask and you shall receive.” – Dan Peña
- “As I have said many times – no one loves me as much as I love myself! And if you can’t really love yourself, you can’t love anything you do!” – Dan Peña
- “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!” – Dan Peña
- ” I coach my mentees to act as if they are invincible – to act as if they could accomplish anything!” – Dan Peña
- “When you truly believe in your idea or your company or yourself, then you don’t need to have a huge ego or a huge personality.” – Dan Peña
- “The best form of customer service is self-service. Constantly empower customers to get their own answers themselves.” – Dan Peña
- “You have to have faith in people.” – Dan Peña
Few Facts About Dan Peña
- He had built a $445 Million dollar market-valued energy company. Starting out with nothing more than $820
- Dan Peña’s made over 65,000 business decisions during his 35-year business career
- He’s become a highly in-demand business success coach
Life is great if you don’t weaken – and it’s even better if you do.