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Happy Holidays!!

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Dear QLA Visionary and Devotee:

Hope your holidays were happy and you have more success in 2011 than you can imagine!

The New Year is upon us and this is the time I historically discuss goals, aspirations and the positive affirmations that go along with them. I have been doing this for most of my 40 year (January 1971) career.  Actually I have since 1976 when I attended my first PACE seminar with Jim Newman, who became my mentor. As a kid I had no goals and accomplished little as I have written and said many times. My Father had only 1 goal for me: to keep me alive till I reached the age of reason!

Upon volunteering to go into the Army, as a 20 year old, in Jun 1966, I formulated 2 goals: come back; and once in the Army to become an officer. Going through OCS and becoming an officer changed my life forever. What I learned as a young army officer has stood me in good stead since Jul 1, 1967, the day I gained my commission and was deemed: AN OFFICER AND GENTLEMAN BY AN ACT OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES!

My next goal upon leaving the military was to get through college in the shortest possible time: after flunking out of 2 colleges before entering the military, I returned on academic probation and finished in 2 ½ years taking as much as 26 units in one semester. I graduated in Jan 1971 achieving Dean’s List recognition. Hence, even though goals seemed to work for me, it still took me till 1976 to fully appreciate what setting goals REALLY meant to achieving in life.

From 1976 to 1991 I was fanatical about my goals, aspirations and affirmations! Since 1992 (when I got kicked out of the company I founded) I have been less strict, but still diligent. Funny, as I think back much of my material success came from 1976 to 1991. This should be a lesson for ALL! And I have decided to become fanatical vies a vies my goals in my 66^th year! I am reading my goals and positive affirmations when I go to bed and when I wake up daily! To me it made sense, when most people are retiring from active life – to kick life in the ass and spend the next years leading from the front, while still accomplishing the goal of ticking off my "bucket list" destinations!

In preparation for 2010 this time last year, I made goals to: change the way I deal with  my mentees; eliminate and downsize my business interests to include ONLY the very best; do live webcasts; restructure the castle seminar to include the new QLA Credo (below as a P.S.); open an office in Shanghai; produce new QLA training programs; update and modernize my web site; expand my internet presence via social net working; structure a more comprehensive follow up procedure for seminar attendees with monthly conference calls; establish a scholar athlete scholarship in honor of my Father; tick off 3 (and actually did 4) travel destinations on my "bucket list."

I have accomplished all the above, in addition to a lot more, but am especially proud of: the castle seminar has been restructured to emphasize what worked best since 1993 for attendees going forward; a new monthly conference call with castle attendees to support their individual QLA programs; create new QLA training programs; and initiate my Father’s student athlete scholarship!

Years ago, I would ask myself – would I have been as successful if I would not have been so prolific in setting and accomplishing goals? I know now after 34 years of setting goals and accomplishing them, there is no comparison! The most recent castle seminar has a number of new sections, but one of the most important is goal setting and assigning positive affirmations to accomplish them.

NOW IS THE TIME TO AVOID REGRETS!

This is a perfect time of the year to sit and reflect on the year that is just finishing and the year about to begin! Take the time! You deserve it! And unless you take the time – because you’re worth it- what you will have left at the end of your life is REGRETS!  And having lived 65 years and worked 40 years (not including 39 months of active duty in military, which was as important as any business experience I ever gained), I can tell you with certainty: 1) MAN’S GREATEST BURDEN IS UNFULFILLED POTENTIAL; AND 2) YOU WILL REGRET THE THINGS YOU DIDN’T DO/ATTEMPT AND THE RISKS YOU DIDN’T TAKE!

To Your Quantum Leap,

DAN

P.S . The castle seminar is being changed to 17 April 2011. See   www.danpena.com for more information.  Here is a photo of the October castle graduation. Doesn’t everybody look impressive?

P.P.S.

QLA CREDO

In times of financial war or uncertainty there is a special breed of warrior ready to answer this special call; a common man/woman with uncommon desire to succeed. Forged by adversity, he/she stands alongside the finest, especially to serve the world of business and protect and enhance a better way of life. I am that man/woman.

QLA is a badge of honor and heritage. Bestowed upon me by the heroes that have gone before, it embodies the trust of those I have sworn to protect – my family! By wearing the QLA mantle, I accept the responsibility of my chosen profession and way of life. It is a privilege that I must earn every day.

My loyalty to QLA and Team is beyond reproach. I humbly serve as a guardian to my fellow QLA  trained, always ready to defend those who are unable to defend themselves. I do not advertise the nature of my work, but do seek recognition for my actions. I voluntarily accept the inherent hazards of my QLA training, placing the welfare and security of others before my own.

I serve with honor on and off the financial battlefield. The ability to control my emotions and my actions, regardless of circumstance, sets me apart from other men/women. Uncompromising integrity is my standard. My character and honor are steadfast. My word is my bond no matter how inconvenient, or politically incorrect.

We expect to lead and be led. In the absence of orders I will take charge, lead my partners and accomplish the mission. I lead by example in all situations.

I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity. QLA  expects me to be physically harder and mentally stronger than my competition. If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. I will draw on every remaining ounce of strength to protect my partners and family and to accomplish our mission. I am never out of the fight and understand the sacrifices required.

We demand discipline. We expect innovation. The lives of my partners and the success of our mission depend on me – my technical skill, tactical proficiency, and attention to detail. My training is never complete.

We train for war and fight to win. I stand ready to bring the full spectrum of power to bear in order to achieve my mission and the goals established by my goals and aspirations. The execution of my duties will be swift and violent when required yet guided by the very principles that I serve to defend and honor: honesty; morality; legality; and ethical.

Talented men/women have fought in the trenches of life building the proud tradition and feared reputation of the QLA warrior, that I am bound by my honor to uphold. In the worst of conditions, the legacy of those that have gone before me steadies my resolve and silently guides my every deed. I will not fail.

P.P.P.S.   I have been asked many times what are the best books, vies a vies QLA,  I have ever read and the best movies I have ever seen.

Book and Movie must list:

Books:

- Your First 100 Million
- Release Your Brakes
- Winning Through Intimidation
- Tough Minded Mgt
- Think and Grow Rich
- The Law of Success
- The Art of War
- If You’re Not In You’re In The Way

Movies:

- Rudy
- Patton
- Brave Heart
- Gladiator
- True Grit
- Chariots of Fire Zulu
- Brian’s Song
- High Noon
- Wild Bunch
- 300
- Last Samurai
- The Natural

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Dear QLA High Performer,

My trip to South America was terrific! Iguazu falls, Machu Picchu, standing on the equator and Galapagos were spectacular! I will post photos in facebook in due course. I attach a few for your perusal here.

The October Castle Seminar was outstanding!  We had attendees from Russia (by way of Nevada), Austria, the  USA , Asia and the famous Bruce Whipple, who has been my partner and confidant since 1993. It was a terrific group to see the “New” QLA Castle Seminar (See the attached photos). You can see the interviews on my site in due course.

I am writing now, before my New Year message, to announce my next Castle Seminar the last week of Feb 2011. I didn’t want too much time to pass so as many of you can begin the new year with a Quantum Leap bang. Remember, people don’t plan to fail – they fail to plan!

Plus I want to announce a NEW Expanded payment schedule for the feb 2011 QLA Castle Seminar, for those that qualify.

This seminar varied with additional material to update it from the last seminar from April 2010 but the most desired was the new extended role playing. We played financial institution against entrepreneur and vice-versa. The presentations were quite beneficial and entertaining.

I also wanted to share just some of the great stories from the April Castle Seminar and how a German attendee from the April seminar who helped recruit a young entrepreneur from Austria.

WASTED YEARS BY NOT MAKING A DECISION – BUT THEN THERE WAS A PARADIGM SHIFT THAT CHANGED HIS AND HIS FAMILY'S LIVES !

Hi Dan,

Yesterday I met Markus near Passau to talk to him and to give him a glimpse about what you and your QLA-strategies enable people to do.

For him I hope he will come to the castle.

His English should be sufficient to understand, what you are going to tell him.

And I made clear to him, that I made several mistakes when:

1. I was at Guthrie Castle in 1997, when it was still open to the public and I did not wait for you then as I was told there
2. I did not get your book before 2005
3. I did not go to the castle seminar before (april )2010.

So, I hope, he does not repeat my mistakes.

To his Quantum Leap

Robert

Robert later responded by emailing me:

Dan

As you find it useful, you may use this timeline, it is simply how it happened and it would be an honour to me, even if these where just a few of my huge mistakes for about 13 years.

I would prefer "robert" more than "bob".  

To Your Next Quantum Leap,

 Robert

As an aside, and it is a very big one: rumor has it  robert has made more money since april’s seminar than he has made in the previous 13 yrs, by adding zeros to his projects! I will verify this in our next monthly conference call this Saturday. 

HE TOOK DIRECT ACTION!

The next email was written by Markus subsequent to him attending the October Castle event:

Good morning Mr Pena!

Thinks that I´ve done since your Seminar!

• New office opened (building at my Saw company)
• New business model in in-and export (got one of the best sales man in our area)
• All other projekts are in the works. Today is a free day in austria and no f*cking  guy is working!!!

I will give you every week a little rewiev, so you can check it out if I´m on the right way.

Mfg
Markus

He followed up with this email the next week:

Good evening Mr. Pena,

Thank you once again for your seminar. I thougt on the seminar nothing had chanced but now I can see, everthing is different. I am determined to chance my life in a better one. I was deep impressed from the last evening. I lived a shit life in a shit village! Normally is tomorrow free, but my employees decide to work. I am very glad about this.

Please send me the book and the tapes and the presentation as soon as possible.

Best regards

Mfg

Markus

As you can see the young  28 year old man has made a major paradigm shift in his life. The young man was remarkable and though he had some trouble expressing himself, he did terrific.

IF YOU THINK HE TOOK ACTION WHAT ABOUT THIS TRUE STORY?

There were several other acts of change during the seminar, but one from a grandmother was extraordinary! A woman in her 50’s fired a key employee on the phone back in Florida, mid seminar (Wednesday is the day it comes together for most) . That wasn’t the only person to be sacked from the castle since 1993. What made it rather unusual,  was the   person she terminated – HER DAUGHTER and the mother of her grand children. She decided it was time to finally exhibit tough love. Like many children the daughter felt entitled. She should of done it years before.

As if this wasn’t enough the same woman was on Skype busting the balls of her banker to get a 500% increase on her lines of credit, after what she learned  vies-a-vies banks and credit management ;and she spent her spare time buying a competing company.

Other Castle Seminar first:

• this was the only time we had two sons and a father at the same castle seminar
• the only time we pitted brother against brother as banker and entrepreneu
• and it was a long awaited appearance from Bruce Whipple who has been to every QLA seminar.

These are the kinds of changes that attendees make during and after the seminar. I have never thought of listing them before, but will going forward to illustrate the phenomenal kinds of shifts that are possible for those that really are sick and tired of being sick and tired of not fulfilling their God given potential!

I am so proud of all the attendees  from our 2010 seminars, but the ones that sucked up their panty hose – nutted up -  or manned up – have understood the importance of taking action, that following QLA means.  Not easy – but not impossible!

Here are a few photos from my south American trip of late September and October:

Iguazu Falls, Argentina

 

 On top of Machu Picchu

Sitting with a sea lion in Gallapagos

 

Family portrait of 6 dogs

 To Your Quantum Leap,

Dan

P.S.  I have not had a world class athlete (that won) in several years, but I do have a mentee once again. Andrew Reid and I have been working together since he came to the castle a few years ago. He does executive training for fortune 500 co’s and is listed on my web site. He has worked with two of my children in the last couple years. But his recent success in a world championship gives me great pride.

Here is what he wrote with a photo of him and his coach, after the event and yes I was the one who told him “most people give up to soon:”

Dan,

Someone once told me “most people give up to soon.”  After 10 years of building my team, placing 3rd at this event 2 years ago, and 2nd last year, 5th at the World’s, we finally won it all this past Sunday!

All athletes compete, partly for the competitive chase itself….to fight for the win, to see what is possible. But to finally win a major championship, the feeling is relaxed, comfortable, and we’re all thinking limitless about the future!

cheers

Andrew Reid
Biggest Fish
Big Fish Interactive Inc.
Toronto 416-763-3017
Vancouver 604-730-8882
www.bigfishinteractive.com

More Castle Seminar Pictures:

Me receiving an award from the "grandma" mentioned above

The piper and the butler bringing in the haggis

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QLA Castle Seminar

ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE GUTHRIE CASTLE: QLA Seminar will be held between 26 February and 04 March 2012 at the Guthrie Castle, Scotland. The new special 6th day will be conducted for free — 25% extended castle seminar — no extra cost!

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Dear High Performer and Visionary,

I have just passed a milestone that virtually no one thought or expected me to pass. No, it was not my first million, five million or 50 million. That was too long ago to remember. It was not me buying my first company. It was not the first time a board of directors threw me out. It was not the first time I took a company public.

When I was young my family, friends, and teachers didn't ever believe I would reach the age of 20, 30, or 40! Yet here I am just passing my 65th birthday. Albeit with a torn rotator cuff and bicep and to add insult to injury – a broken toe. I want to thank all who sent birthday messages via my social media sites and email. I appreciated it!

Coaching – Mentoring

I have been officially coaching, teaching and mentoring since 1993. It has been the best of times and with a very few instances the not so good of times. But through it all, I have kept in perspective trying to get people to expand their comfort zone is a very difficult task – very difficult.  Of course when I began, I thought given the facts of why we as human beings, greatly under perform – ALL would take the lead and charge forward into glory. Boy was I WRONG!

In a few years I gained enough data that showed about 10% can make BIG changes very quickly; 50% can make changes in a short period of time varying from 3 – 6 months, although these changes are relatively small. The other 50% showed progress over time, sometimes years. But the solace I got was almost all improved. Even though some where slow learners – in the end almost all moved forward. Having done a lot of comparisons, I knew few other personal and business enhancement programs showed any real lasting improvement. Hence, after 17 years of coaching/mentoring, I can say with my hand on my heart I have improved the life of many.

On a recent trip I saw a young man I met about 4-5 years ago who drove a limo. He wanted to be in the entertainment business. He subsequently got all my training programs and listened to them countless times. He listens to them even now – over and over again! I have seen him a few times over the years to get an update and give him a bit of encouragement. I saw him again recently and he related his fabulous progress and in fact he had made a low budget movie (not porn) and was working on several lucrative projects in Hollywood. Mike had come full circle from a young 25 year old with a dream to living his dream. The only advantage, if you can call it that, was he was 100% focused on his dream. As an aside, before he came to Hollywood he made pizzas in New York City. Now he makes movie!

I have mentored/coached a Global 20 CEO for 10 years who came to me with a goal and 7 years later he was CEO and countless other successful guys and gals.  My recent second edition of YOUR FIRST 100 MILLION talks about many of them, including the foreword by Klaus Kleinfeld,  Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, a Fortune 100 company.

In short, I am extremely satisfied with the people I have assisted in achieving their dreams! And I plan on coaching many more for the foreseeable future!

Giving Back

As successful as I have been in personal life I treasure my coaching experiences. And as an extension of giving back I started working with kids in orphanages here in Manila. I get a lot of satisfaction in working with the Nuns and girls of Holy Family Home. This weekend I am taking all the girls (ages 6 – 18) and nuns to the zoo for the day. We all eat dinner twice a month.

Honoring My Dad

As I have written my 91 year old father passed December 2009.  I had been planning for months a gift in his name to Lincoln High School, East LA, where he graduated from in 1936. The first Manuel S. Pena Scholarship was given to 5 worthy student athletes in June 2010. I took the kids to lunch recently and was moved by their sincerity and humbleness. My youngest son Derrick is acting as their mentor through undergraduate school. As an aside, Derrick has been in Shanghai since he completed his MBA last year. The level of questions from the kids (2 guys and 3 gals, 4 Hispanic and 1 Vietnamese) was a little strange to me. They focused on where I came from and how I excelled against the odds. Naively I came prepared to tell them how to structure their future.

It was a great lunch. The kids arrived early to be collected by a stretch limo. The limo driver arrived early thinking it would take 90 minutes to meet me for lunch. My limo was late due to excess traffic. The Italian restaurant I made reservations at closed down the week before (of course there is no recession) without telling anyone and the only place to eat nearby was a Mexican eatery; hence we spent the next 2 hours eating food at least 4 of the kids ate daily and the one Asian kid never ate. So as I told them this is a good lesson – MAN PLANS AND GOD LAUGHS! But my main point I emphasized was, "Man doesn't plan to fail – man fails to plan."

Next Seminar

As those who were attending the planned Castle Seminar next week, you already know I was forced to postpone it. I was injured while lifting weights a few weeks ago and underwent surgery to repair a torn Rotator Cuff and Bicep. I now am the proud owner of three Titanium anchor bolts in my right shoulder. This is in addition to my already Titanium bar and screws that replaced my shattered collar bone of 10 years ago I got as a consequence of racing dune buggies with my sons. . This in conjunction with my new steel hip from last year causes quite a commotion when I go through security at airports, LOL!

Seriously, I was truly sorry to have to cancel the Castle Event. It is now scheduled for 24 October when I will be back to normal. I am told I can't play golf till January 2011 and am seriously restricted for a few more weeks in any activity with my upper body. As part of this time out for my body, I postponed my trip to Galapagos islands and South America to coincide with my 65th birthday.

Due to the change in dates for the seminar there are a couple vacancies now available. You can contact my assistant Thelma thelmag@guthriecastle.com for information. We are extending the payment plan for this Castle Extravaganza. Again sorry for the delay.

Market environment

The stock market is still looking for a reason to justify a double dip recession. Only time will tell, but there continues to be great opportunities for doing things with Quantum Leap Advantage. From the entertainment industry to property and health care opportunities exist and are waiting to be exploited. Of course I still say, as I have, since the mid-80's, health care and telecommunications is going to be big in the worlds future for many decades. This is exemplified by Obama care and the internet which is telecommunication.

Mastermind Groups

A few devotees have approached me vis-à-vis mastermind groups. I have written before what it takes to have a successful group. Of course Napoleon Hill made this concept popular 75 years ago. As I recall he had Abe Lincoln, former President of the USA, and other luminaries in his mythical group. From this the group idea sprang to life with real live master mind group members. If you devotees, have an interest in this please let me know. I would put the interested in touch with one another.

Future travels

In a few weeks I am on the trail again. I will be in Newport, Rhode Island, Boston, Bulgaria, Transylvania/Romania, UK, and Hong Kong then off to South America (65th birthday trip), L.A. and the Castle Seminar.  As I used to tell my dearly departed Mother – No rest for the wicked or the goal driven!

Regrets

We all have them, but they mean much more as you grow older! I have said more times than I can remember when your are processing your last thoughts among them will be the things you didn't do – but wished you had! Hence, your regrets play a big role as you get older. But what you don't realize as you mature is they affect you from a very young age. We all have stuff in our past we would rather not have done! Most of us suppress them deeply. In your QLA journey these regrets will challenge you all the time! As I mentioned above Comfort Zone (CZ) is a key to success for ALL high performance individuals. The key is getting your CZ to expand faster than it would normally. And when it doesn't we all have guilt for the opportunity that passed us by. And that guilt manifests itself over time into BIG REGRETS!

Some of my regrets are of BIBLICAL proportions, of course this isn't the place to do an extensive description. But suffice it to say regrets affect our performance and we MUST be cognizant that our past actions Will affect our future actions! Just as some of us are afraid of the dark, etc, which is probably a manifestation of something that happened in our childhood. Business is just the same. We are products of our social and economic milieus and all the decisions we made while going through that personal history. We can be held hostage by our past more than we know. It becomes much more obvious as we get older. And I can speak from personal experience. These and other personal horror stories I discuss in detail at the seminar. In fact in the last castle seminar while relating such a story, I broke down and I had difficulty relating what occurred almost 25 years ago. The seminar attendees were stunned!

You may wonder why I mention something this personal? I do for two extremely important reasons:

1. It is these personal past experiences that keep us from achieving our goals
2. As Jack Welsh former CEO of GE says – candor and full disclosure are the true keys to success in business and life!

When asked my secret to success, I have often said I have been blessed with self esteem, since I was about 10 years old due to my Mom! But what I did with this self esteem was intricately tied to whatever success I have had. Early in my life I did not fully appreciate what an advantage having self esteem did for an individual! Hence, my candor to a fault at times, has always showed me in a vain that most could not relate to, but almost all admired! And this candor was manifested in my full disclosure covering virtually all aspects of life! And QLA's basic precepts were born!

To Your Quantum Leap,

DAN

P.S. The next QLA Live Webcast will be on Sunday, Septermber 5 at 5:00pm UK time

P.P.S. Here is a picture of our two new puppies and the puppies and my young toy poodle, barely discernable on my chest. This brings the count to 6 dogs and 2 cats which all live in harmony!

P.P.P.S. Sage advice I give to all mentees, protégés and students – "I can't help you out of a hole, if I climb in it with you."

P.P.P.P.S. People will never see past your short comings till you do!

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