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Print In a 16th century Scottish castle, the overbearing Los Angeles Chicano who rarely says his name without attaching the appellation “the trillion-dollar man” is berating 24 students, each of whom paid $30,000 for the privilege. Dan Pena, who turned 76 this year but remains a commanding presence at 6-foot-1, erupts into an expletive-infested lecture that careens between withering insults and strategies to become like him successful in business and in life. Quoting him requires lots of bleeping. “You, you in this room,” he begins in a videotaped lesson, “you’re taking your [bleeping] foot off the accelerator instead of pushing the gas pedal through the [bleeping] floorboard!” ....
By LOUIS SAHAGÚN | Los Angeles Times | Published: April 19, 2021 LOS ANGELES (Tribune News Service) In a 16th century Scottish castle, the overbearing Los Angeles Chicano who rarely says his name without attaching the appellation the trillion-dollar man is berating 24 students, each of whom paid $30,000 for the privilege. Dan Pena, who turned 76 this year but remains a commanding presence at 6-foot-1, erupts into an expletive-infested lecture that careens between withering insults and strategies to become like him successful in business and in life. Quoting him requires lots of bleeping. You, you in this room, he begins in a videotaped lesson, you re taking your [bleeping] foot off the accelerator instead of pushing the gas pedal through the [bleeping] floorboard! ....