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8/9/2019 You Cant Be What You Cant See - Dan Pena QLA Newsletter 79

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You cant be what you cant see!By Daniel S. Pena

After many years of coaching it never ceases to amaze me how much better a

student does with direct coaching he can hear and see! Since May 1993 when I

gave my 1st

QLA Seminar in Los Angeles it has been obvious to me that 1 on 1 face

to face coaching was far superior to reading a book! This last seminar had a

number of revelations for me, as you will read below. And at my age that is

certainly saying something.

Better late than never.

First conference call with castle seminar attendees.

It went a little over an hour a successful event. It was obvious to me I should

have been doing this for many years. Well better late than never! I have also

noticed the level of emails I get from the seminar attendees are more detailed. I

attach one as P.S. below from a 41 year old guy, I mentioned in my last news

letter. It is quite insightful and very inspiring to read what can be accomplished in

only 5 weeks!

Another apparent extreme benefit from the last castle seminar was the extensive

role playing done amongst the attendees. Again though I have always used roleplaying I never saw the extra benefit of extensive role playing. Perhaps, because I

have always felt the talking part of QLA to be the easiest. Why easiest? Because

you are selling your dream and I always felt that should be the easiest part of the

drill! Hence, I never rated it that highly. Again I was wrong! The role playing was

very well accepted and appreciated by the attendees. So it will have an increased

presence in August. And I strongly suggest you do role playing when you practice

at home!

Since this is guinea pig seminar test group, I will experiment with them and keepmy readers apprised. It is a good age mix of 25 to 41 years old and the

personality make up is spread from fast talking to slow to answer. Of course 75%

of the attendees first language was not English! I know you all will benefit!

We already have an interesting group signing up for the next Castle Event in

August so far late 20s to mid 50s. But as life would have it, we have some recent



openings because a company that was scheduled to go has dropped off the face

of the earth. So we have a couple spots that are now available! And their

misfortune is someones opportunity!

Travel schedule The reason for publishing my schedule on my site is to make it possible for you to

make contact with me as I go around the world. I am not making promises I can

see you all, but hopefully I can see some of serious QLA devotees! Make

appointments with my assistant [email protected]

New product

As good as the QLA product is, I am looking at new material that I recorded. It will

take editing, etc, but it would make terrific QLA product. More about this in my

next news letter.

Another r great American passed last week John Wooden age 99!

I had the pleasure of meeting him when he was a young 85. He is considered the

greatest athletic coach of all time any sport! His pyramid for success is something to

study and follow. He was an inspirational man and I was extremely proud to have met

him! He will be missed greatly by all he ever came in contact with over his 80 year

career! Google him. And read how a man was an extremely high performance person

for more than 80 years! It will be a worthwhile exercise!

Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

The drilling oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a tragic event! Having more knowledge of

what is going on than probably 99% of the people hearing and reading the news, I have

an opinion that is more experienced than most! As Chairman and CEO of a public energy

company for many years that drilled in the Gulf of Mexico, I feel greatly for all

concerned! ALL I CAN SAY FOR POSITIVE IS THE INFORMATION REFERENCE THE CRISIS IS

GROSSLY UNDERESTIMATING THE SITUATION! The estimates are low and the length of

time way too short vis-à-vis when it will end! I have great sorrow for the gulf coast

region and especially the people that live there! They are an extremely kind and

generous group!

An email from an attendee from the last Castle Seminar. English is his second

language, but very readable.



Dear Dan,

I thank you so much, for what you have done and given to me in Guthrie Castle!

I had your book "Building you Own Guthrie" since about 2005 and bought some of your

digital stuff, tapes etc. since then.

And I followed your schemes concerning only the details and as far as it seemed possible

for me.

But I did not do it focused enough and I did not work hard enough and/or smart enough.

And my goals then seemed to be not reachable for me, despite I knew I would reach

them. I wrote them down for the first of January years ago to reach the goals within one

year. And I did every single one. So, the goals, as I now am sure, were by far too small.

I knew already from my own experience before the seminar and before I got your stuff

that I could do everything, but I had stopped doing it on and on again. Maybe because I

felt I nearly had died because of working about 140 hours each week for about six

weeks in the end phase to get a deal done in 2003 - well, I think I did not behave smart

enough. The potential was used for years only at a level of maybe 10 to 25% despite I

invested many, many hours of boring work. Now it is all fun again, as it was in the

beginning with my first 7-digit Euro deal in 2002/2003 and no one can stop me, now.

I left Guthrie Castle five weeks ago and yesterday I signed a contract that was about four

times as large, as my largest single deal before, which took me years to get it started.The deal now size is already above 10 million and the project wasn't even visible two

weeks ago. It is better than what you called us several tens of times to be.

Six weeks ago I was looking forward to do my next 2 million deals, which I had the OK

for from the bank and nearly everything ready to be signed. Now, I did not even find the

time to finish it - so, I will finish it within the next days.

I cancelled the next family holiday, which should have started tomorrow after the

conference call, because the "large" deal from yesterday needs the time in the office

and for negotiating with the public authorities for the deal here.

Besides that I am negotiating every day in parts about a current deal volume in total of

over 250 million Euros..

The day before yesterday I asked a new bank for the first time, which I know the officer

with procuration of, for more than 6 million. And I told him very friendly, they had to be



fast, but that I did not have the deal yet because no contract was signed by me and by

the ones who own the deal.

Yesterday at 5:00 a. m., I wrote the concept and sent in the documents. At high noon,

they did not yet agree in writing, but by phone call they told me the credit controller

and the general manager were positive about the deal and they will need to check the

documents and my concept the next few days.

Now, my problem is that they might agree, but that I might not get the deal, so I am

already preparing switching the bank to other deals.

But it is not a problem for me. I enjoy feeling the pressure again!

After having done the concept of the 6 million I finished the contract for the beyond-

ten-million-deal I drove to sign it 50 miles away and two hours later I had done a

presentation in front of another bank for this deal. They were sitting with their mouths

open - positively.

And think what, I don't mind if they turn me down, I simply will go on and kiss the next

deal-frogs and banks.

The day before yesterday I drove about 200 miles from the 6-million-Euro-deal-bank

presentation to a military base the Bundesrepublik Deutschland gave up and wants to

sell. We will set up a great concept and maybe buy it - another 30 to 100 Million deal.

The 50 MWp deal I told you about at Guthrie Castle, now, COULD turn out to be useful,

but now, I do NOT need it anymore.

Before getting active again after staying with you in Guthrie Castle I thought, I needed

this 125 million Euro deal. Now, I have twice the volume in other potential and even

better deals.

But f inishing only ten percent of these would be very f ine because these ten percent

are twice as much, as I did in my whole lifetime before up to now summed up all

together.

I contacted a senior business man the week after the seminar. I was looking forward to

contact him already for half a year - what nonsense, call him and go for it.

He has retired and was on the management board of E.ON and some others of these

companies. He knows nearly every (older) CEO of nearly all of the DAX-values. He did



not want to join my dream team, because he thinks he is in danger of starting to work

for me 50 or more hours a week, because this happened to him a few years ago. So we

agreed that I may come up with deals to him and maybe he wants to invest with me,

because he has some things in the same field. I think, later I will catch him, because he

will realize, that I will not go to abuse him, as he was before.

So we will see, what turns out to be in his comfort zone. Because he did three going

publics in his career he is not so keen on doing it again. He says, that this is just another

type of company-financing and that there are sometimes better ways. I agree with him.

Because I did not start dreaming yet, I started shooting from the hips and simply

working.

Well, Dan, I had some self esteem already before your seminar, I had grown in self

confidence and I had developed some skills in leadership for years, but I had stoppedusing them, and I NEVER HAD SHOWN THEM OPEN. Now, I use them as tools while

negotiating and while shooting successfully from the hips. As I said, there is nothing

better, but I knew this already from my first larger deal in 2003. I was such an idiot. I

simply had stopped doing what kept me going then.

That's finished/restarted, now.

Thank you for restarting me, you already made me jump to the next level. DAN, YOU

MAKE PEOPLE QUANTUM LEAP. (Nobody would believe before that he gratefully would

accept the kicks you gave us - thank you again and again.)

So, what can I do for you? If I can do something for you, please let me know. As I told

you the last evening in Guthrie Castle you are heartily invited to visiting me in

Germany. There will later for sure occur questions as the deals are going on, I know, and

I will be very glad to be allowed to come up with them to you.

Looking forward to talking to you tomorrow.

Regards,

Robert

P.S. And I hope this all above is some kind of a testimonial you awaited on April 23rd

and an adequate way of expressing my heartfelt thanks to you . maybe I was just

rebooting, or probably I wanted the proof that I would really go for it again afterwards



as a result of having met you in person for a whole week. For me the last five weeks

were quite a proof. So, please, feel free to use any part(s) above for a testimonial to

your convenience, I proved it, now, and so it is a hard, really evidenced and

demonstrated testimonial written from strong, deepest and settled conviction in my

heart.

Dan Pena's Quantum Leap Advantage Proven Methods for Exponential Business Growth www.danpena.com

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