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For the first time ever, Dan Pena’s "Live at the Harvard Club MP3" is now being given away for free. Pena QLA products usually come with very expensive price tags and are out of budget range for junior executives or middle management. His seminars alone have been priced at $15,000 and his books have been sold for $400.00 making it the most expensive book written in the 21st century. This wealth guru specializes in training CEO’s, Chairmen, and Company Presidents. He has worked with Global 25 CEO’s for many years. Now is your chance to get hold of a premier QLA product. This is a rare opportunity to receive something free from Pena. He has believed and taught since 1993 there is a definite “pay price to action” for all achievement in life and business. But with the Holidays approaching, he has decided to make this his free gift to entrepreneurs and CEO’s alike.

 Dan Peña’s electrifying keynote address presented at the renowned New York City Harvard Club addresses the necessity of focus in the QLA methodology and becoming a high-performance individual. Although filmed by CNN, his blistering attack on one of New York City’s major banks and it‘s credit policies made it too hot for television and CNN decided not to air it. Considered by some as his best speech to date, his sometimes gut-wrenching “be all you can be” life-changing lessons is not for everyone.

Peña stresses these four key points in “Live at the Harvard Club” – #1 you will discover the number one reason why you aren’t making the money you’re truly capable of #2 How to practice no-limit thinking #3 how to free yourself from any ideas that hold you back and #4 the importance of paying yourself first. Discover the proven formula that creates fortunes for tycoons, millionaires and billionaires.

 Daniel S. Peña, Sr., is Founder and Chairman of The Guthrie Group (TGG). Based in the UK and Asia TGG is a consortium which acts to facilitate financial transactions on the buy and, or sell side and consults in crisis situations. Peña was also the founder, former Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Great Western Resources, Inc. (GWRI), a Houston (USA)-based natural resources company. At the time of Mr. Peña’s decision to retire, GWRI was operational in the US, the Gulf of Mexico, the UK and South America. At the time the company was acquired (January 1997), he was the largest individual shareholder.

  In an 8-year period, starting with only $820, Mr. Peña grew Great Western Resources to $445 million while energy prices collapsed, the price of oil dropped from $40 to less than $8 per barrel and more than 10,000 energy companies in the US alone went out of business.

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Dan Pena’s Premier business training courses marked down for the holidays.

 QLA products are now on 50% off Sale this holiday season. Money is especially tight and Dan wants you to Grab the opportunity to collect the training materials he has perfected through years of experience and hundreds of transactions. Treat yourself this Christmas to these life changing programs. Take a Quantum Leap in your life today and save 50% off the listed price in the process.

 QLA products include an audio series on Raising Capital and Deal Making and Acquisitions. Video material includes lessons on “Financing Your Dream” and his legendary QLA Seminars. There is no longer a need to wait for shipping by providing these products as instant downloads These files are saved in the most popular digital media formats such as MP3, wmv,and avi so you can watch on your favorite media player, computer or DVD. There’s no longer need to worry about damaging of physical tapes and CD’s since digital formats retain their quality forever. Digital products are eco-friendly since raw materials from plastic, paper and packaging are no longer used.

 These methods have been tried and tested with almost 40 years of experience backed by 75,000 business decisions and countless positive testimonials. These strategies were born from turmoil which mimics the current economic crisis. A multitude of great QLA followers have been produced such as the likes of Ron LeGrand, Beryl Crump, Deann and George Verdier, Bruce Whipple, Bodo Schaeffer, Lucinda Burke, Casey Stephenson, Frank Slangen, Ed Taylor,  Winneke Liefbroer, Tony Ward, Dan Ravaru , Giancarlo Cappuccio, Fidel Vargus, Ruben Navarrette, Shawn Casey, Ted Nicholas, Heiko Faass, Martin Heller, Doris Primicerio, Dan Lok, Tim Cohn, Thelma Box, Armando Garcia, Peter Sage, Andrew Reid, Dr Bernie Shindler and countless others. 

 Although these lessons have been written with business in mind, it has just as much applicability in all forms of personal development, goal setting, building self-esteem and enhancing virtually all aspects of your personal life.

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Dan Pena is the creator of the Quantum Leap Advantage methodology which teaches attaining super success with revolutionary business strategies. He has finally released his QLA training material as downloadable digital products.

 These methods have been tried and tested with more than 40 years of experience backed by 75,000 business decisions and hundreds of positive testimonials. These strategies were born from turmoil which mimics the current economic crisis. A multitude of great QLA followers have been produced such as the likes of Ron LeGrand, Beryl Crump, Deann and George Verdier, Bruce Whipple, Bodo Schaeffer, Lucinda Burke, Casey Stephenson, Frank Slangen, Winneke Liefbroer, Errol Maynard, Tony Ward, Colin Chapman, Ron Legrand and countless others.
 
Training materials include an audio series on Raising Capital and Deal Making and Acquisitions. Video material includes lessons on “Financing Your Dream” and his legendary Castle Seminars. There is no longer a need to wait for shipping by providing these products as instant downloads These files are saved in the most popular digital media formats such as MP3, wmv,and avi so you can watch on your favorite media player, computer or DVD. There’s no longer need to worry about damaging of physical tapes and CD’s since digital formats retain their quality forever. Digital products are eco-friendly since raw materials from plastic, paper and packaging are no longer used.
 
Although these lessons have been written with business in mind, it has just as much applicability in all forms of personal development, goal setting, building self-esteem and enhancing virtually all aspects of your personal life.

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Dan Pena’s QLA Castle Seminar now has slots open for reservation. The seminar date is April 11-17, 2010.

Dan Pena is the creator of the Quantum Leap Advantage methodology for exponential business growth.. This seminar produced the likes of Ron LeGrand, Beryl Crump, Deann and George Verdier, Bruce Whipple, Bodo Schaeffer, Lucinda Burke, Heiko Faass, Martin Heller,  Casey Stephenson, Frank Slangen, Winneke Liefbroer, Dan Lok, Tim Cohn, Thelma Box, Armando Garcia, Peter Sage, Andrew Reid, Dr Bernie Shindler and countless others.

This one-of-kind seminar takes place in Guthrie Castle, the the 15th century  historic home of Dan Pena , set on 156 acres of outstanding natural wonder. It has a beautiful 2 acre walled garden which dates back to 1616 magnificent lawns a private Loch and its own 9-hole golf course. Bask in the ambiance along with other super successful high performance individuals.

The new updated and expanded QLA Seminar has been given the great value cost of £10,000 (about $17,000) plus VAT (@ 17.5% – reclaimable by some). Obviously this is a great opportunity at a super value for a very few! From his seminar Dan chooses members for his new mentor program. In addition to 60 plus hours of interactive seminar in the all attendees will receive QLA product valued at £1,500 (about $2,500), plus the entire QLA Seminar 950 Power Point presentation, FREE. All attendees will also get individual private time with Dan to discuss their own dream, idea, project or thoughts. Dan gives you the benefit of his almost 40 years in business. He will tell you what he thinks and what can be done to make it better.
No value can be put on this time, and over years many of the Castle attendees have been in business with Dan. Reserve your slot today.
Contact Info:

Phone: +44 1241 828 691
Email: thelmag@guthriecastle.com
Website: www.qlaseminar.com
 

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Pena talks about the financial crisis, his activities in the past year and future plans.

Dan Pena, entrepreneur, mentor, author, and speaker extraordinaire, has released his 75th Newsletter.  Since 1993, this business newsletter has been an invaluable source of knowledge for entrepreneurs looking for that edge to get ahead.

Periodically Dan issues QLA Newsletters on germane issues he deals with in his various business activities. What’s set this subscription apart from others is that he uses revolutionary ideas about goal setting that goes againt all the experts advice.

In this 75th issue, he highlights the current economic crisis, bringing QLA to China, and using internet social media as another communication medium.  He also recollects what has been doing the past year and talks about the world and future business opportunities.

Dan Pena is the founder of the Quantum Leap Advantage methodology which trains high performance individuals to achieve super success with revolutionary business strategies.  He is known also as the “400 million dollar man” who built his empire in less than 8 years from zero, in a collapsing market.  

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Dan Pena, entrepreneur, mentor, author, and speaker extraordinaire, has joined the millions in the facebook and twitter community. He recognizes social media networks as a new way of communicating directly with colleagues, new business contacts, and followers. 

Pena gives provides important information to his visitors about real world business strategies that are proven to work. He has always used unconventional methods which sets him apart. The internet is not just about technology but about people. Word-of-mouth has always been important in business and Social media has made it highly efficient. We are now hearing Twitter and Facebook mentioned regularly in the new York times, on CNN, and in our own offices. The internet has made public relations even more public after decades of Madison Avenue style advertising. “These new Social Networks have become the newest communication medium.

Once again, we’ve seen communication disruption on a massive scale. Companies wanting to stay alive in this new digital era will need to get firm footing in the social space to maintain their competitive edge.” Mr. Pena has believed for a long time that communications and Health care have the biggest opportunities.

Dan Pena is known as the “400 million dollar man” who built his empire in less than 8 years from zero, in a collapsing market. He holds exclusive business seminars in his estate in Guthrie castle for high performance people. His book “Your first 100 million” highlights revolutionary methods on how to attain mega wealth from the ground up. He has also started providing his classic QLA training materials as instant downloads at www.DanPena.com.

Connect with Dan today:

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• In common with other major banking and investment groups, The Guthrie Group sees China in particular, and Asia in general, as one of the best sources of growth opportunities over the next decade.  It has established working relationships with Chinese professional services firms and other intermediaries in major cities to further its ambitions
• Our view is shared by, amongst other, HSBC which has in September 2009 relocated its CEO to Hong Kong, and Warren Buffet, who recently said “The 19th century belonged to England, the 20th century belonged to the US, and the 21st century belongs to China. Invest accordingly."
• Our interest particularly lies in working with, acquiring and/or financing companies in the infrastructure, internet/ecommerce, water and environmental sectors, together with other selected growth opportunities
• In September 2009 we were invited by the Governor of Hunan Province in the southwest of China to present our concepts and methods to a carefully selected audience of 80 small and medium-sized companies and Government officials and media. As a result of this and other activities, we are actively progressing three or four separate transactions which we expect to complete in early 2010
• We would look forward to hearing from Chinese companies interested in discussing strategic options, as well as investors with existing interests in China which may be underperforming

Click here to be transferred to the 2009 Hunan conference website

“At Guthrie, we believe that China is the engine of growth for the next decade"

Dan addressed an audience of 80 of Chinese companies

The Governor of Hunan Province welcomes Dan Pena

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Pena is chairman and founder of the Guthrie Group and other companies in Asia, the UK and USA.

He travels extensively and has just returned from a trip to Japan and China. He is currently considering taking on a China based industrial company as chairman with a family that has been active in business and politics there for more than 2000 yrs. In addition Pena has been offered chairmanship of a $500 million roll up fund exclusively to be invested in China. Pena will also be in China the last two weeks of sept viewing up to 50 co’s that need investment capital with the goal to go public.

Pena is currently involved in a real estate roll up of potentially 2500 single family houses that have gone to the wall in bankruptcy and are being liquidated by US government agencies.

Pena continues to mentor and coach in Asia, USA and Europe and will have his famous QLA Seminar at his 15th century story book home, Guthrie Castle in Scotland, in early 2010, http://danpena.com/. And if you can’t make his castle extravaganza, the 2nd edition of his well respected book, “Your First 100 Million", has just been released. This book is a step by step guide how to start with no money, as he did, 30 years ago and building a $450 million empire in 8 years!

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Building a Castle

We just receive a limited edition of Dan Peña hardcover book Building Your Own Guthrie. It’s 325 pages with gold leaf trim at the edge of the pages. On a bookshelf it looks more like a holy book than a business book. It looks to us as if Dan has a self published it and is contemplating a mass-market book to follow.

Without a doubt, Dan has created more controversy than any other CEO Club speaker; some members say he is a devil incarnate, and others say he is the best business coach on planet.

Dozens of CEO Club members, after hearing his talk at a CEO Club meeting, spent a fortune to attend his one-week “ Quantum Leap” seminar.

He holds it in Scotland at his 50, 000-square foot Guthrie Castle. Everyone agrees it’s a spectacular property.

We excerpted part of a book on page 4; however, we caution you that half the CEOs hate him and the other half love him. What percentage of the following Peñaism are true?

You be the judge, but they will get you thinking, and Dan is an expert at shuffling your card deck.

Building Your Own Guthrie

The world’s greatest teachers are able to boil down pages of text and hours of oratory into a pithy phrase or quick parable. Over the years I’ve used the quotes of others and a few nuggets of my own wisdom to better clarify Quanturn Leap concepts. My protégés have come to call them “Peñaisms.”

1. Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.

2. Don’t waste time on things you can’t change.

3. When you deal with the opinionated or egotistical, always give credit where it isn’t due.

4. Business deals start and end with people—the interaction of flesh and blood, bone and sinew, heart and mind, emotion and soul.

5. Dream big. . .think big.. be big.

6. Dream big—and dare to fail’

7. The more you investigate, the less you have to invest.

8. Never, ever second-guess yourself.

9. Cash only prolongs death. It doesn’t prevent it.

10. I’ve never seen a “part-time” super-successful, high-performance per- son.

11.  A deal has to sound good before it is good.

12. During Quantum Growth, any prob1cm you solve will be replaced immediately by a larger, more complicated problem.

13. Every party to every negotiation has a comfort zone. The effective negotiator is the one who can define the boundaries of the other party’s corn- fort zone, then place the deal inside the boundary of that zone nearest his own interests.

14. Stick to your knitting. To maximize the return on invested capital, deploy your assets, resources, and capabilities in those areas wherein lie your expertise and experience.

15. Man plans; God laughs.

16. You won’t always have all the answers. Take seriously the advice of only those you greatly respect.

17. The consequence of a misguided decision is de minimis in the cosmos of eternity.

18. Always shoot for the moon. Even if you don’t hit it, you’ll at least get
80%.

19. Always, always, always pay your- self—and your employees—first’ through all economic cycles.

20. Plan for success. With no backup plans, no ripcords, no fail- safes—or you will fail.

21. Management performance sins will always be for- given during pen- ods of rapidly in- creasing revenues.

22. Learn to play bad golf well.

23. Become more disciplined. The pain of discipline hurts less than the pain of regret.

24. Hunger makes beasts of men, and demons of beasts.

25. Everybody is worried about life after death. I worry about life before death.

26. The business world is divided into people with great ideas and people who take action on those ideas.

27. If you want things to change, first you have to change.

28. A man who dwells on his past robs his future.

29. There’s a big difference between playing to win and playing to not lose.

30. The difference between a failure and a high-performance individual is how each deals with fear. We are all afraid. A high-performance person uses fear to galvanize actions.

31. Ignorance is a steep hill with jagged rocks at the bottom.

32. The only difference between a chAmp and a chUmp is U.”

33. To succeed in business you must do more than take a step in the right direction. You had to take a Quantum Leap.

34. A good plan executed today is better than a great plan executed next week.

35. In order to really succeed in business, you must have outside advisors. These must be trusted advisors, professionals at your accounting and law firms with whom you have a very special relationship. These advisors be- come your moles within their own or- ganization, more loyal to you than their employer… motivated, aggressive, ambitious, and bright—but not as bright as they thinks.

37. The fulfillment of your dream is directly proportional t your desire to succeed – . and how much you’re willing to sacrifice. If you are not prepared to die, then you are not prepared to live. .

38. When you get rid of someone, never give them a “hook’ with which to get back in. Always make a clean definable and irrevocable break.

39. Quantum Leap success means fishing with nets, not just with lines.

40. To achieve “hyper-growth “avert avoidable mistakes and let your successes run their course. Do more of what you’re doing right—and less of what you’re doing wrong.

41. You always need a reason to overlook the obvious.

42. Never underestimate how wrong you can be. Even the most careful planning can be overtaken by external events and circumstances.

43. Always maintain your personal relationships on the same plane upon which they were formed. True friends will rejoice in your professional successes. Allow them to enjoy them with you. Never reassess their personal and professional lives in terms of your own.

44. 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.

45.8usiness.opportunities abounds—but formidable barriers exist. And the biggest barrier is psychological. It Is you.

46. Your greatest idea, born out of revolutionary thinking and passion, will die of indifference, apathy, and the satiation of low expectations.

47. Conventional wisdom is almost always wrong.

48. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Just because something has never been done doesn’t mean It can’t be done. The fact that you have never seen or heard something is not proof it doesn’t exist.

49. Every worthy dream has a “pay-price-to-action.”That means you have to give up something to get something. You can’t have it all.

50. The old Kenny Rogers song “The Gambler” has a message for CEO’s. “You’ve got to know when to hold’em, and know when to flod’em.” As a CEO you’ll get more advice from your staff than you know what to do with. But it’s up to you to know when to “hold’em and when to “fold’em.” Listen to your gut. Make your decision and move on.

51. I never met a super-successful, high-performance per- son who wasn’t enthusiastic.

52. The best way to predict the future is to create it your- sea.

53. A deal is either hot—or it’s not.

54. You don’t have to know how you’re going to get there. But you do need to know where you want to go.

55. If you have no destination, wherever you end up will be acceptable.

56. It costs nothing to aim high—but if you aim at nothing, you’ll hit anything. -.

57. FEAR . . . is False Expectations Appearing Real.

58. Patience Is just an excuse for procrastination.

59. “Thinking it over” is for people who can’t take action.

60. Quantum Growth eliminates dear sailing. So you’d better learn to navigate troubled waters.

61. From chaos comes order. In chaos is opportunity.

62. Whoever said money can’t buy you happiness doesn’t know where to shop. (A “Linda Peñaism”)

63. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

64. More of the same usually just gives you more of the same.

85. Structure follows strategy. If you base your strategy on your existing structure, you limit your potential to what you’ve already done.

86. Watch your business peaks and your troughs. As long as your lows are higher than before, your Quantum Leap Action Plan is working.

87. A guarantor a fool with a pen.

88. No matter how tempt- g, never accept shot-term solutions to long-term problems.

89. Too many companies try to patch when they should amputate. “Let’s reorganize and save this mess” is a clarion call to disaster. Cut your losses, kick the cuttings out of your way, and move on.

90. If you want to travel above and beyond the herd, don’t try to be bet- ter. Try to be different. Or better yet, be first!

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

92. Find your passion and wrap your career around it.

93. Live your life on purpose!

94. You’ll be motivated by inspiration… or desperation. It’s your choice.

95. People with low self-esteem pro- ted themselves by not taking risks. High self-esteem gives you the power of confidence to take chances.

96. Give yourself permission to make mistakes. It’s called learning.

97. The only things in this life that you’ll really regret are the risks—and adventures—you didn’t take.

98. “Hell” can be the video of your life if you had taken the actions to become super-successful.

99. Nothing you’ll ever do in business is a matter of life or death. In the cosmos of time, any decision you make is
a fart in the wind.

100. You cannot make a Quantum Leap if you don’t share the wealth with your Dream Team and employees—be it cash, equity, options, or warrants that are tangible rewards for performance and loyalty.

101. Never, ever share doubts with anyone.

102. Being all you can be is possible for anyone, but…

103. Super success is not for every- one. Period.

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

105. Don’t take high-performance ad- vice from your peers, family or friends unless they are high-performance people themselves.

106. You cannot grow exponentially by yourself. You need the support of others

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

108. Set goals you cannot achieve in your lifetime.

109. Business should not run smoothly while you’re making your Quantum Leap. Chaos is normal. The business on quiet waters is still in the harbor.

110. Life is what happens while you’re making plans.

111. The road to success is always under construction.

112. Get ruthless about trying some- thing different.

113. Motivation is your “fire in the out.” But unless it’s fueled it goes.

114. I have no more mountains left to climb—but me!

Five Tips for Dealing with Legal Issues

While CEOS love to tell lawyer jokes and blame all their problems on these officers of the court that paints only a partial picture. Of all the outside resources that CEOS mangage, the one managed least effectively is the legal function. In practice, CEOS do well with bankers, accountants, shareholders, employees and suppliers, but too high a percentage fail to appreciate the value of top-flight legal services.

Here are a handful of useful legal tips that will make your CEO job just so much easier.

1. Dan Peña (see article on Page 4) says CEOs’ biggest legal problem is that they are cheap. Consequently, they hire cheap lawyers. He asks, “If you were going for brain surgery, would you ask for a discount from the surgeon?” You can’t pay enough for good legal counsel, according to Dan.

2. Peiia also overpowers the normally bland deposition. Not only does he have a court stenographer present, he hires a video crew to videotape the deposition. Besides the obvious intimidation effect, a careful editing of videotapes can be devastating at trial. Another smart idea.

3. Do you know what it means to conflict out the usual suspects? That’s lawyer talk for limiting your opponents’ access to the top lawyers. The ruse is that if you visit a law firm and tell your story, you just conflicted out all the lawyers in that law firm. In issues of narrow scope, it could be possible to tie up all the good guys before your opponent knows what is happening. Too few of us ever take advantage of this rule. You don’t have to pay the lawyers; you just have to tell your story.

4. Do you know the best time to serve or initiate a lawsuit? That answer varies by area of the country, but you’d be shocked to discover the percentage of lawsuits filed the day before Ramadan, Christmas, New Year’s, and Yom Kippur. This limits opponent access to talent as the lawyers are on vacation. The best month to file a lawsuit is August.

5. Many lawsuits require the use of an outside professional investigation (P.I) service. This tip comes from David Zeldin, a P.I. in NY. Never hire the P.I. directly, as you could be forced to disclose all you’ve learned. If your lawyers hire the P.I., the work considered part of the lawyer’s work product and is therefore, not subject to full disclosure. The same, interestingly enough, does not apply to the work product of accountants.

CEO Observation

As you’ll see, these little tips are not widely known but they are example of what leads to frustrations in dealing with attorneys, and that leads to lawyers’ jokes; which are belly laughers. The mature CEO soon learns to be smarter at managing the legal function.

However, lawyers’ jokes are still a mild seductive when the other side has you “out-layered.” The problem is not that there are too many lawyers – rather, there are not enough good lawyers.

CLUB CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
June 1998
Volume 4 – Issue 6

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In an article published in the Sunday Telegraph on May 22, 1988 by staff writer Jeff Randall, Daniel S. Pena is portrayed as Chairman of Great Western Resources, Inc. which, according to the article, went public in 1984. Dan Pena was the driving force behind the transformation and growth of the company and built it into "a diversified group with interest in onshore and offshore oil, gas and coal." Randall continues that GWR at that time was valued at roughly 90 million pounds with great potential to grow higher.

 Read the full article here: Digging up profits under Kentucky (9) 

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