Dan Peña Quotes Page 8

“You won't always have all the answers. Only take seriously the advice of others whom you greatly respect.”

“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.”

“You'll be motivated by inspiration… or desperation. It's your choice.”

“You've known all along it's tough to be successful. But you'd rather hear the fairy tales.”

“Your comfort is killing you.”

“Your doubts are not the product of accurate thinking, but habitual thinking.”

“Your greatest idea, born out of revolutionary thinking and passion, will die of indifference, apathy and the cancer of low expectations.”

“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.”

“Analysis equals paralysis! But the main ingredient is not giving up and the amount of heart you possess!”

“As I have said for many years - we are the average of the 5 people we are exposed to most in our lives!”

“Hitting rock bottom was necessary for me to put myself on high gear.”

“Money is not all there is in the world – but it is the only thing anyone keeps absolute statistics and track of since the time of pharaohs.”

“Not everybody wants fame – only fortune!”

“There is a massive difference between playing to win and playing not to lose! Which have you followed?”

“I've lost more money in just one bad deal than a lot of those slick-suited guys on the feel-good-get-rich lecture circuit ever made in their whole lives.”

“It's about achieving the mental toughness and laser-beam focus you need to make a ton of money.”

“They used to call me crazy and worse. They'd say, 'Dan, you can't do that!' And, by God, I'd do it. Then, when I made my first few million dollars, they started calling me controversial.”