Dan Pea, founder of Quantum Leap Advantage (QLA),is arevolutionary leader when it comes to achievingsuper success. Pea, with over 22 years of proven track record, has produced $50 Billion of equity/value, since 1993! Pea has further coachedothers, helping them toproduce from 7 figures to 11 figures wealth creation in various industries around the world! Below is a list of the top 17 most powerful quotes by DanPea.

Dont waste time on things you cant change!

Tough times dont last tough people do!

The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself!

Dream Big, Think Big, Be Big!

Dont under any circumstances, ever, second guess yourself.

Even when one thoughtfully and judiciously plans, more oftenthan not, such plans are overcome by external events. Therefore,never underestimate how wrong you can be!

Dont focus on mistakes, focus on the positive next time!

Progress often masquerades as trouble.

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

Cash only prolongs death. It doesnt avoid it.

Ive never seen a part-time super successful, high performanceperson.

A deal has to sound good before it is good.

A deal is either hot or its not.

Hunger makes beasts of men, and demons of beasts.

Quantum Leap success means fishing with nets, not just withlines.

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

The only difference between a Champ and a Chump is U.

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Shoulders Of Titans Podcast Interview #001 with Dan Pea

Dan Pea is known worldwide as a leading high performance coach. Few have accomplished his level of success in coaching and in business. Working with high-performance entrepreneurs and corporate professionals alike, Mr. Pea has created over fifty billion dollars in equity and in value with his mentees. In doing so, Mr. Pea is also known as The 50 Billion Dollar Man.

Starting his career with only $820, Mr. Pea made an incredible $450 Million within eight years in a collapsing market. His success only grew from there. For the past 20 years, Mr. Pea has impacted the lives of millions around the world through his Quantum Leap Advantage Methodology and coaching.

Dan Peas insights are as interesting as they are powerful in transforming ordinary people into high-performance, wealthy individuals.

Visit Dan Peas Website: http://www.danpena.com/

Topics Discussed In This Interview:

Full Transcript of Interview:http://www.shouldersoftitans.com/interview-with-dan-pena/

Resources mentioned:

Quantum Leap Advantage (QLA) http://www.qlaseminar.com/http://www.danlok.com/daniel-s-pena/

Podcast:Reflections and Confessions of the 50 Billion Dollar Man http://www.danpena.com/interviews/

QLA Castle Seminarhttp://www.danpena.com/tag/castle-seminar/

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I said in recent years political correctness is nothing more than a manifestation of a lack of self-esteem.

Unless youre around people that have big bodacious goals, unless you are being around people that think highly of themselves, then its less likely you will be a successful entrepreneur.

What I want you to be not just an entrepreneur, but I want you to be a high performance entrepreneur!

My market is not big because Im only after the one tenth of a percent. Thats my market. Thats it. And that at the very most thats the amount of people that are going to be willing to make that sacrifice those big sacrifices needed for high performance.

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Dan Pena needs NO introduction or explanation but for those of you who still dont know who The 50 Billion Dollar Man Daniel S. Pea Sr. is, lets start by saying that Dan is the most successful business coach on the planet.

Brian Rose from London Real with Mitja Dolinsek and Daniel S. Pea Sr.

The short story is that Dan Pena turned his company public on his 39th birthday and made upwards of 400 million dollars. Dan is the founder of QLA Quantum Leap Advantage methodology and now famous for his $20,000 Castle Seminar and Your First 100 Million limited editionbook.

Dan Pena has a lot of famous and very successful mentees. Over the last 25 years, Dan has created around 800 billion dollars in equity and value with them and will probably soon become The Trillion Dollar Man.

Dr. Klaus Kleinfeld, who is also a mentee of Dan Pena has created the largest deal in the history it is worth 500 billion dollars. For more information about the Davos in the desert deal click here.

The material that Dan Pena teaches is NOT for people that want to make a million dollars. Quantum Leap Advantage methodology is only for high-performance individuals who want to make at least 10 million dollars! The quickest that anyone has done this entire process is Dan Pena who has done it in about 5 months.

The QLA method requires a lot of emotional strength because a lot of things can and probably will go wrong and you will have to handle it!

Even people that attend his famous castle seminar still mostly give up. All QLA castle seminar mentees get a free yearly mentorship from Dan Pena personally, however, his mentorship is very challenging for most people. They have to submit their reports of what they did on a weekly basis and do exactly as Dan Pena tells them if they fail to do that (because they are either too lazy, lose motivation or are afraid to step out of their comfort zone), it is all over for them!

Around 20 people attend the average Quantum Leap Advantage castle seminar but after 6 months, only 1 or 2 may still attend Dan Penas meetings and submit their reports pretty much everybody eventually drops out. His QLA method is really NOT designed to be mainstream because it requires a lot of self-discipline, self-esteem, and a large emotional bank account that 99% of people dont have.

Dan Pena Quantum Leap Advantage Methodology is quite simple to understand and it seems pretty easy if you logically think about it, however, it is a lot harder to do!

Dan Pena gives all of his products away for free. Here are some of his programs and my personal notes that I wrote when I studied his material before attending the QLA castle seminar:

Keep in mind that most people fail but the people who make it work, succeed beyond their wildest dreams!

If you want to have a huge business that will make you at least 10 million dollars, it does not make sense to do it entirely alone. You will need to get a chairman and a board of directors or advisers, lawyers, accountants, etc. You need the best people that you can possibly find!

The founder of The Blackstone Group, which is one of the biggest multinational private equity firms said that if you hire employees that are perfect 10s you can build a great company. If you hire 9s, you are still able to build a good company but if you decide to hire 8s he does not know how to build a company. With the QLA method, you are going to need the best of the best employees!

You always start by picking an industry you can also follow a few models. The first one is starting from scratch you can pick for example social media and start a social network like Mark Zuckerberg did. The other models include acquiring existing companies, which is actually a much easier way! A chance for success is bigger if you get yourself a company that already works than it would be if you start with nothing. However, the reward will be bigger if you do it with a start-up company (build it all the way up from nothing like Facebook or Google)!

Some industries are better to pick than others, here are a few of them:Healthcare is a great choice because it is an extremely important part of the society, life expectancy is increasing, people want to live longer and are ready to pay a lot of money for expensive treatments. Some studies show that more than 70% of all the money that is being spent on healthcare is spent in the last 4 months of the individuals life.

Technology is also a huge industry that is rapidly changing and expanding there is a lot of money to be made here! These are Dan Penas favorite top two picks:

Of course, if you are already an expert in the real estate industry or you love restaurants, pick that industry because you will spend A LOT of time there!If you choose to start with a start-up company, you are going to need an idea. This might not be a simple task but its also not a difficult one if you go to Silicon Valley, you will find people with thousands of great ideas that they would like to execute. In case you chose to acquire a company, the best suggestion that I can give to you is to pick a fragmented industry that you will be able to consolidate the strategy here is to acquire 20 or 50 companies, consolidate them together to get a huge company, and then sell it to an industry giant in the technology industry you might get acquired by Facebook if you are big enough. If you chose healthcare you can consolidate a lot of clinics or dentistry and sell it in one big package.

If you just go to Yellow Pages, you will see thousands upon thousands of businesses that are currently in fragmented industries and that you can consolidate into one giant company!

In order to achieve that, you will need smart experienced people and a lot of capital! In order to get all of that money, you will need to have a great perception! Perhaps the easiest strategy to raise that kind of money is to associate yourself with people that have already done a lot of business very successfully in the past. If potential investors look at your board and they see Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, and Warren Buffett sitting there, you will get all the money that you need. Even if these superstars dont come up with something incredibly innovative, they would still probably at least break even to pay off their investors! If these famous entrepreneurs, however, do win, then as Dan Pena would say you would make so much money that you would not be able to count it, you would have to weight it!

The question at this point is how do YOU get your chairman, board of directors, accountants, and lawyers?Start with an anchor chairman this means you should get a chairman with a proven track record, who has already achieved a lot. He has to be an incredibly successful person. It also helps if your chairman already has some experience in the industry that you are entering. You should make a list of the top 50 people in the industry that you chose and try to get one of them to be your chairman.

This is when that statement that I wrote, in the beginning, becomes true it is very simple to logically understand why you need a highly-successful chairman, meeting these top 50 people and getting rejected countless times is another story. Your offer to these people is around 25% of your company and you are NOT asking for any money in exchange for that equity you are giving them free equity in your company which is why you are going to get their interest.These wealthy individuals get offered a lot of things all the time, which is why you MUST stand out and turning down one-quarter of a company that they can get without any investment is not that easy to do especially if they see you as a highly motivated high-performance individual who never gives up. In most cases, you are going to remind them of themselves when they first got started.

There are a lot of techniques that you can use to get in touch with them:personal gifts, accidentally meeting them in their favorite places, seminars, conferences It would be awesome if you could further build up a stronger relationship with them, however, that is easier said than done because they must be extremely busy (if you try to call them you might have to go through several assistants and other gatekeepers).

When you get your chairman, roughly 50% of the recruiting work is already done! Getting other people to join your company is much easier because they might falsely believe that your chairman did a lot of research on the topic and already knows how to do everything for example lets say you get Bill Gates as your chairman. Other people would love to join that company even if Bill Gates doesnt really know how to make this work yet.

The next step is to get 3 to 4 board of directors. If you are building this company in the US, you should instead get board of advisors for legal purposes, when you get sued (and you will because its almost impossible to build a big company without any litigation). If you really want to be a billionaire or have at least 100 million dollars, you will almost certainly get sued. Dan Pena is very comfortable being sued and so should you get comfortable being uncomfortable!That part is not as difficult in Europe, so you can get a board of directors rather than advisors if you live in Europe. Every member of the board should get anywhere from 2 to 5% of your company depending on how active they will be.

If you get someone just so he can build your perception through the roof because he is well known and it makes your job easier when you show your list of directors to investors, then you might only give him 1%. If someone will be extremely involved in your business, you might also consider giving him 10% of the company.

The chairman and board of directors/advisors will NOT be involved in your business in terms of day to day management. You will only have around 4 meetings per year with them. In some of those meetings the entire board is going to meet and in other meetings perhaps you will just meet with somebody 1 on 1 to ask for advice. This process is not very fast, it will take some time to put your dream team together.

After that, its time to get your lawyers and accountants. You will get them on success fee basis they will only get paid when you acquire a company. This strategy is not very common when you are small, but in the big business world, this is how its done! If they dont want to do that, it means that they are not taking you seriously.

If they only want to work with you on an hourly basis, that means that they dont care if you win or lose or they dont think you will make a lot of money and they think you will only waste their time the strategy that the QLA method suggests is that they only make money when you make definitely is definitely the way to go!

Dan Pena often lets you know that you should join the business clubs that you cant afford and that dont want you! The same principle applies to your dream team, lawyers, and accountants. Dont get random people that say yes to anyone, really get the best of the best!

You dont want to get any red flags regarding your financial situation and audits you also want the best legal advice that you cant possibly afford!

At this point, the question is how do you make money with the QLA method?When you are acquiring a new company, you need to borrow money if the company is worth a million dollars, you always raise more than that, lets say you raise 1.8 million dollars.

You use 1 million to buy a company and $800,000 is working capital. If you have 50% of the company, 50% of the working capital basically goes to you this is a bit oversimplified because you might want to keep this money for other expenses but this is roughly how it works if your chairman has 25% of the company, he gets $200,000. Some companies that you are going to acquire are going to be very expensive perhaps you will raise 20 million dollars and 5 million of that will be working capital, so you will make 2,5 million by acquiring that company.

The second way to make money is with dividends. The companies that you acquire will be well established so that you will be paid in dividends for some of them.And the final way is when you go public when you acquire hundreds of companies and put them all together, that giant company is worth more than the sum of the individual companies when you sell your stocks, you get more money than you had before you went public now that the company is worth a lot more.

That is it!

People frequently say that they would like to keep all the equity for themselves rather than giving it away, so here is a question for them would you rather have 100% of a million dollar company or 50% of 50 million-dollar company?

The answer is very obvious it is improbable that you will build a giant company on your own without any track record because people wont trust you as much as they will trust your chairman and board of advisers.Perception is reality that is what Dan Pena teaches us! You will get to IPO or get investors much quicker if you have a famous dream team around you that banks and investors already know.

Dan Pena also teaches us that we have 2 bank accounts:

The financial bank account is now big enough if the emotional account is not big enough if the emotional bank account was big enough, you would be able to implement QLA methodology fully and make millions! This entire process takes anywhere from 3 to 7 years to complete at which point you can do it again.

I first heard about Dan Pena from my first mentor Matt Pocius, who went to the $20,000 castle seminar three times which is one one the significant factors why Matt was able to become a millionaire at the age of 18 and became known as The Youngest Highest Paid Internet Marketing Consultant In The World.

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[self-im-proov-muhnt, self-]

ExamplesWord Origin

First recorded in 173545

Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2018

Another said just the act of spending money on self-improvement made him determined to break out of his shell.

Education is a series of hoops to jump through, not a process of self-improvement or self-discovery.

When first genomics started, we figured the result would be self-improvementliterally.

On the Limits of Self-ImprovementVanity Fair, October 2007 There's an entire micro-economy based on the pursuit of betterment.

Forget Oprahwe should all be watching Pixar movies in our quests for self-improvement.

But self-improvement is a dull game when there is no one to applaud your score.

The rest of his life was occupied in study, in self-improvement, in piety, and in good deeds.

It was from the Gurneys he caught the infection of self-improvement.

Fifteen minutes a day devoted to self-improvement, will be felt at the end of the year.

Quin's desire for self-improvement soon became an obsession.

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010 Douglas Harper

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George Bernard Shaw was a playwright who was born on July 26, 1856 in Dublin, Ireland. Under his mothers guidance and regular visits to the National Gallery of Ireland, his exploration of the arts began extremely early in his life.

By 1876, Shaw had decided to become a writer. But he struggled financially so much so, that his mother was essentially supporting him while he spent time working on his first novels in the British Museum reading room. Despite the amount of time he spent writing, they were widely rejected by publishers and became dismal failures.

Because of this, Shaw turned to politics and the activities of the British intelligentsia. He even joined and became actively involved in the Fabian Society a socialist group whose goal was to transform England through a more vibrant political and intellectual base.

Shaw also began writing book reviews, as well as art, music, and theater criticism. He was even brought on to the Sunday Review as its theater critic in 1895. At this point, he finally found his creative writing calling: writing plays.

His most famous play, Pygmalion was even adapted to the big screen and for Broadway, eventually earning him an Academy Award. By then, George Bernard Shaw has already established himself as a literary giant.

Whether you need something clever, or a truthful reminder in the form of a humorous statement, let these George Bernard Shaw quotes pick you up.

1.) If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. George Bernard Shaw

2.) You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul. George Bernard Shaw

3.) [The] power of accurate observationis commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. George Bernard Shaw

4.) The unconscious self is the real genius. Your breathing goes wrong the moment your conscious self meddles with it. George Bernard Shaw

5.) There are no secrets better kept than the secrets everybody guesses. George Bernard Shaw

6.) We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. George Bernard Shaw

7.) Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same. George Bernard Shaw

8.) He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. George Bernard Shaw

9.) The liars punishment is, not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else. George Bernard Shaw

10.) My way of joking is to tell the truth. Its the funniest joke in the world. George Bernard Shaw

11.) As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living. Satisfaction is death. George Bernard Shaw

12.) The first prison I ever saw had inscribed on it cease to do evil: learn to do well; but as the inscription was on the outside, the prisoners could not read it. George Bernard Shaw

13.) Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw

14.) A days work is a days work, neither more nor less, and the man who does it needs a days sustenance, a nights repose and due leisure, whether he be painter or ploughman. George Bernard Shaw

15.) A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic. George Bernard Shaw

16.) A fools brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education. George Bernard Shaw

17.) A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. George Bernard Shaw

18.) A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth. George Bernard Shaw

19.) Americans adore me and will go on adoring me until I say something nice about them. George Bernard Shaw

20.) An American has no sense of privacy. He does not know what it means. There is no such thing in the country. George Bernard Shaw

21.) Criminals do not die by the hands of the law. They die by the hands of other men. George Bernard Shaw

22.) Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve. George Bernard Shaw

23.) England and America are two countries separated by a common language. George Bernard Shaw

24.) Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough. George Bernard Shaw

25.) Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week. George Bernard Shaw

26.) Gambling promises the poor what property performs for the rich something for nothing. George Bernard Shaw

27.) Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history. George Bernard Shaw

28.) Hell is full of musical amateurs. George Bernard Shaw

29.) I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. George Bernard Shaw

30.) If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. George Bernard Shaw

31.) If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. George Bernard Shaw

32.) If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a foot rule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage. As it is, the political problem remains unsolved. George Bernard Shaw

33.) There is no love sincerer than the love of food. George Bernard Shaw

34.) When a man of normal habits is ill, everyone hastens to assure him that he is going to recover. When a vegetarian is ill (which fortunately very seldom happens), everyone assures him that he is going to die, and that they told him so, and that it serves him right. They implore him to take at least a little gravy, so as to give himself a chance of lasting out the night. George Bernard Shaw

35.) A mind of the calibre of mine cannot derive its nutriment from cows. George Bernard Shaw

36.) Better see rightly on a pound a week than squint on a million. George Bernard Shaw

37.) Cruelty would be delicious if one could only find some sort of cruelty that didnt really hurt. George Bernard Shaw

38.) The censorship methodis that of handing the job over to some frail and erring mortal man, and making him omnipotent on the assumption that his official status will make him infallible and omniscient. George Bernard Shaw

39.) Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad. George Bernard Shaw

40.) There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your hearts desire. The other is to get it. George Bernard Shaw

41.) All great truths begin as blasphemies. George Bernard Shaw

42.) The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. George Bernard Shaw

43.) Revolutions have never lightened the burden of tyranny. They have only shifted it to another shoulder. George Bernard Shaw

44.) When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty. George Bernard Shaw

45.) We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it. George Bernard Shaw

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Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, a spiritual teacher who developed a substantial international following in Pune, India, decided in 1981 to relocate to the United States. While investigating possible sites, he and his chief lieutenant, Ma Anand Sheela, visited the 64,000-acre Muddy Ranch in southern Wasco County, decided that it was the perfect place for their planned community, and purchased it at top dollar.

The new settlement attracted hundreds of followers, and then thousandslargely North Americans but also many Europeans. Transfers of capital from adherents financed the expansion. Within two years, the community had roughly 7,000 residents (not all were full time) and the appurtenances of a regular town, including a water system and a police force. Rajneesheesa popular term that adherents dislikedalso bought a former women's residence hotel in downtown Portland.

Oregonians greeted the development with much bemusement, some support, and rapidly growing distaste. The last sentiment was exacerbated by the in-your-face attitude of many adherents, their largely successful efforts to close the community to the press, their increasingly prominent displays of weaponry, and the Bhagwan's apparent self-indulgence in the form of dozens of Rolls Royce automobiles. The settlement appeared to outsiders to be an uncomfortable mixture of serious religious community, manipulative cult, and a big summer camp for adults (to borrow Frances Fitzgerald's metaphor).

Residents of the tiny town of Antelope, eighteen miles from the ranch, were in most frequent contact with the Rajneeshees. The Bhagwan's followers began to move to Antelope in large numbers to establish a satellite community, and in April 1982, old-timers tried to disincorporate the town. The effort failed due to the new Rajneeshee voters, and the new majority renamed the town Rajneesh.

Because the ranch was agricultural land in a rural part of Wasco County, creation of what was effectively a new city violated state land-use laws. Rajneesh leaders used physical intimidation to exclude Wasco County officials from the ranch and tried to incorporate it as the City of Rajneeshpuram, a status that would subject them to fewer restrictions. Oregon Attorney General David Frohnmayer argued vigorously that the incorporation was illegal because the community was closed to nonadherents, a position with which court decisions agreed. (In a moot decision laid down in 1987, after the community had imploded, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled that the incorporation was legal.)

Rajneeshees also tried to expand their political control by busing homeless people from outside the area to register as Jefferson and Wasco county voters. This effort aroused the attention of Oregon Secretary of State Norma Paulus, who monitored residency requirements, and fell far short of influencing county elections.

On September 14, 1985, Ma Anand Sheela and several other leaders abruptly left Rajneeshpuram in the wake of mounting evidence that the community's top leaders had conspired in a series of crimes. They were accused of arson, wiretapping, attempted murder, and the planting of salmonella bacteria in the salad bars of several restaurants in The Dalles, sickening 750 people.

Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh denounced Sheela, then left the community by chartered plane in October, perhaps in an attempt to flee from prosecution. He eventually made a plea bargain on immigration fraud charges and agreed to leave the country. Ma Anand Sheela and several other leaders were convicted of an assortment of crimes.

By 1986, Rajneeshpuram had become another of many western ghost towns, and since 1999 a Christian youth camp now makes use of the many buildings and facilities.

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Rajneeshees - The Oregon Encyclopedia

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June 2007. Reviewed April 2016

What is Organic Production?What are organic production systems and practices?Where are the best organic production research and information sources?How can I find organic production people and organizations?Where can I explore educational and career opportunities?Who will fund my organic farming or food research project?Where can I find organic-related conferences and workshops?

USDA Definition and Regulations:

The Organic Foods Production Act (OFPA), enacted under Title 21 of the 1990 Farm Bill, served to establish uniform national standards for the production and handling of foods labeled as organic. The Act authorized a new USDA National Organic Program (NOP) to set national standards for the production, handling, and processing of organically grown agricultural products. In addition, the Program oversees mandatory certification of organic production. The Act also established the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) which advises the Secretary of Agriculture in setting the standards upon which the NOP is based. Producers who meet standards set by the NOP may label their products as USDA Certified Organic.

The final national organic standards rule was published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2000. The law was activated April 21, 2001. The rule, along with detailed fact sheets and other background information, is available on the National Organic Program's website, https://www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/programs-offices/national-organic-program

Full regulatory text: Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR): http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?tpl=/ecfrbrowse/Title07/7cfr205_main_02.tpl

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Organic farming entails:

Transitioning to Organic Production. USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), 2006.http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Bulletins/Transitioning-to-Organic-Production

Organic Principles. There are several compelling principles that characterize certified organic farming. They include biodiversity, integration, sustainability, natural plant nutrition, natural pest management, and integrity. Most organic operations will reflect all of these to a greater or lesser degree. Since each farm is a distinct entity, there is a large degree of variation. Organic Crop Production Overview, by George Kuepper and Lance Gegner. ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Servicehttps://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=66

Organic production is not simply the avoidance of conventional chemical inputs, nor is it the substitution of natural inputs for synthetic ones. Organic farmers apply techniques first used thousands of years ago, such as crop rotations and the use of composted animal manures and green manure crops, in ways that are economically sustainable in today's world. In organic production, overall system health is emphasized, and the interaction of management practices is the primary concern. Organic producers implement a wide range of strategies to develop and maintain biological diversity and replenish soil fertility.Organic Agriculture Overview, USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), 2007. http://www.csrees.usda.gov/ProgViewOverview.cfm?prnum=6861

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Definition of Organic Agriculture Report to the Task Force International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM), 2006.http://www.ifoam.org/organic_facts/doa/pdf/Definition_of_Organic_Agriculture_Report.pdf

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Databases: AFSIC's Guide to Searchable Sites and Databases, https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/databases-0, guides you to information and links for:

Statistics about Organic Farming and Organic Markets/Marketing: Selected Resources USDA, NAL, Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, 2006.http://pubs.nal.usda.gov/statistics-about-organic-farming-and-organic-marketsmarketing-selected-sources

Organic Roots USDA, NAL, Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, 2004.Search Organic Agriculture Information Access (Organic Roots), an electronic collection of historic USDA publications related to organic agriculture. Contains almost 200 documents published before 1942 (before synthetic chemicals became widely used) that contain data that are still very pertinent for today's agriculture.http://organicroots.nal.usda.gov/orc/home.xhtml

Organic Agriculture USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS)http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/natural-resources-environment/organic-agriculture.aspx

OrganicAgInfo http://www.organicaginfo.org/

Project Reports: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) USDA, Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), SAREhttp://www.sare.org/Project-Reports

Agricultural System Competitiveness and Sustainable Program NP #216 USDA, Agricultural Research Servicehttp://www.sare.org/Project-Reports

Organic Farming Research Foundation (OFRF) http://www.ofrf.org/

International Society of Organic Agriculture Research (ISOFAR) http://www.isofar.org/

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Sustainable Agriculture Organizations and Information Providers USDA, Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, revised 2015.U.S. national and regional groups involved in research, outreach, advocacy and production expertise.https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/sustainable-agriculture-organizations-and-information-providers

USDA Accredited Certifying Agents (ACAs) USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS), National Organic Programhttps://www.ams.usda.gov/services/organic-certification/certifying-agents

All Organic Links: Associations and Organizations All Organic Links.comhttp://www.allorganiclinks.com/category/Associations+___and___+Organizations/3

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Educational and Training Opportunities in Sustainable Agriculture, Compiled by Becky ThompsonUSDA, NAL, Alternative Farming Systems Information Center.Directory of degrees, curricula, research programs, school farms, and distance learning at U.S. academic institutions and non-profit organizations.https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/edtr/sustainable-agriculture-education-directory

Sustainable Farming Internships and Apprenticeships ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.Directory of farms seeking interns/apprentices from North America.https://attra.ncat.org/internships/

Courses and Curricula Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)Educational tools from SARE for those who work with farmers and ranchers.http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Courses-and-Curricula

Sustainable Agriculture Resources & Programs for K-12 Youth Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), 2015http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/Courses-and-Curricula/Sustainable-Agriculture-Resources-and-Programs-for-K-12-Youth

The Organic University (OU) Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)https://mosesorganic.org/organic-university/

SANET-MG. Sustainable Agriculture Network.Job opportunities are often listed with the Sustainable Agriculture Network's e-mail discussion group, SANET-MG. SANET-MG migrated to Google Groups in November, 2015. Archives prior to November 1, 2015 may be unavailable.http://www.sare.org/Learning-Center/SANET

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Sustainable Agriculture Research Funding ResourcesUSDA, NAL, Alternative Farming Systems Information Center, revised 2011. Links updated 2015.This fact sheet lists U.S. government and non-government entities that provide funding for research activities related to sustainable agriculture including organic farming and food, integrated pest management, water quality issues related to agriculture, rural community and small farm topics, alternative and value-added marketing practices, and more.https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/sustainable-agriculture-research-funding-resources

Federal Resources for Sustainable Farming and Ranching ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service, Updated November 2014This publication offers an overview of the major federal conservation programs that provide resources for farmers and ranchers to enhance and maintain sustainable farming and ranching practices.https://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/summaries/summary.php?pub=280

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Calendars: Sustainable Agriculture, Organic Farming, Alternative/Specialty Crops and Livestock USDA, NAL, Alternative Farming Systems Information Center. Reviewed April 2016.https://www.nal.usda.gov/afsic/calendars-sustainable-agriculture-organic-farming-alternativespecialty-crops-and-livestock

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Who is Grant Cardone?

Grant Cardone is an American author, sales trainer, real estate investor, and motivational speaker. He is New York Times best-selling author, and radio show host of The Cardone Zone. Grant is also known for television series Turnaround King (2011).

Grant Cardone was born on March 21, 1958, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA.His nationality is American and ethnicity isNorth American.

His fathers name is Curtis Louis Cardone and mother Concetta Neil Cardone. Grant is born the twin. He is the fourth of five children. His twin brother name is Gary Cardone.

Grant did his schooling from LaGrange High School in Lake Charles and went to McNeese State University for his graduation with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting.

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After completing his graduation, Grant Cardone moved to Chicago to work for a sales-training company. For his career growth, Grant lived in many cities in the United States and later moved to Houston, Texas. He again shifted to La Jolla, California for 12 years.

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Grant is currently active on social media. He uses Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. She has more than 1.2 million followers onFacebook, over 440k followers on Twitter and over 549k followers on Instagram.

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