High-performance people have larger, more expanded comfort zones than most!
— Dan Pena
We are only as emotionally strong as our deepest/biggest secret!
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.
By definition, to work with me, you need thicker skin and must be OK with a certain amount of verbal abuse!
The truth is, I almost always did accomplish what I said I would - in the face of overwhelming obstacles!
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!
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!
I could write a book describing what differentiates the high performance person from all the rest! Hell, I could write volumes!
As I have often said, I would rather be lucky than smart! But it is even better to be lucky and super smart!
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.
I could not be more proud of the countless lives that I have changed since I began my coaching and mentoring career!
Wishing, hoping, and dreaming without an action plan - is nothing more than a pipe dream!
I can work 5-10 hrs. straight with no problem, though I do take towards the end of a 6-8 hr. work stint some time out to beat myself severely in the gym with weights/aerobics, including intervals!
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.
We cannot change the past, only recover from it. And perhaps learn its cruel lessons.
The world is full of people who want their ears tickled on strategies for wealth creation and protection and so-called revealed secrets to wealth creation. And there are plenty of slick 'business coaches' who are more than willing to do just that - for a fee. This is the world of the seminar guru.
Progress often masquerades as trouble.
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 7-8 years of life.
It took me 8 years to graduate from undergraduate school because I kept 'communism from your door steps' for 3 1/2 years in between while serving in the U.S. Army.
It is extremely gratifying to see success like exhibited by the founders of Instagram!
High performance people take action quickly and change their mind slowly!
My candor has gotten me in a lot of trouble over the years!
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!
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!
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.
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.
If you don't embrace a workload others would consider crazy, then your goal doesn't mean that much to you.
Of course I have said, till I am blue in the face - people don't lack goals, passion, grit, or drive - they lack leadership!
I have always known I had talent, LOL, but to be called a 'talent' feels a little strange - but well within my comfort zone!
Now, admittedly, my power of concentration is and always has been extraordinary since my army training! In fact, other people say it is legendary and almost cosmic!
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.
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!
Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success.
We must all remember life doesn't have to be fair for us to succeed if we take change and become masters and creators of our own destiny.
We all have baggage from our upbringing! That's life!
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!
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!
The more emotional distractions you have the harder it is to accomplish your goals - especially at the extreme levels!
In late May 1993, I gave my first QLA Seminar at the Sheraton Hotel in Los Angeles.
All my life, I was always in a hurry! I was always hustling!
Year-end goals are terrific! Affirmations with goals are even better! And goals, affirmations, along with visualization is even more effective!
As I have said many times - no 1 loves me as much as I love myself! And if you can't really love yourself, you can't love anything you do!
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 ultimate success.
All you need is the desire, passion, and will to fulfil your dreams!
QLA is not about filling your brain with information - it is starting a fire within your heart and soul!
When I came back from the military and completed a 4-year degree in 2 1/2 years, I developed the extraordinary habits needed to get a lot done in a very short period of time!
I have been following what is now called the 'Spartan Way' long before it became popular!
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.
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.
Don't set time limits for achieving goals. They should transcend time.
