Dan Pena on Growth Quotes

"Every failure is a data point. Collect enough data and you'll eventually find the formula for success."

"Failure is the best teacher, but the tuition is high. Pay it gladly and learn the lesson."

"High performance people fail fast, fail often, and fail forward. They don't sit around crying about it."

"The difference between high performance and average is the ability to endure pain"

"The only real failure is the failure to act. Everything else is just a lesson in what not to do."

"If you want to be liked go sell ice cream"

"Success is built on a mountain of failures. You just don't see the mountain because the success is at the top."

"Don't ask for things to be easier, ask for the strength to be better."

"The more you do, the more you can do, and the more confident you become."

"Quantum leaps require you to jump into the unknown. Sometimes you fall. You just have to learn how to land."

"Don't waste time on goals that don't change your life fundamentally."

"Self-esteem comes from doing things you thought you couldn't do."

"Incremental growth is for losers. Aim for the quantum leap."

"Your potential is suffocating under your excuses"

"Adversity is the fuel of greatness. Without it, you never develop the strength required to lead."

"Enthusiasm is the fuel of the high performer"

"Failure is just another way of doing something that didn't work. Get over it and move on to the next deal."

"Man up and do what is required"

"Man's greatest burden is unfulfilled potential. It takes strength to push past your comfort zone to reach it."

"Confidence is the byproduct of competence."

"Quit whining and start winning"

"You have to be willing to sacrifice who you are for who you want to become."

"Conventional wisdom is almost always wrong"