Peter J. Daniels
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Peter J. Daniels, is an Australian life coach, writer, and professional speaker.
Daniels has authored thirteen book
s, including How to Reach Your Life Goals and How to be Happy Though Rich.
Daniels came from a disadvantaged background and was challenged with illiteracy in his early years. His family was third generation welfare recipients, he has two alcoholic brothers, 4 fathers and 2 mothers. Many of his relatives have been in jail. He failed at every grade in school and became a bricklayer. At 26 years of age he was hopelessly in debt, and attended a Billy Graham Crusade on 25 May 1959. He attributes his life change and subsequent success to that meeting.
After reading 2,000 biographies, Daniels went into business three times, failing each time, but avoiding bankruptcy. He subsequently managed to build a large real estate business in Australia and South East Asia and serves as a director and chairman on a range of international boards.
Described by Dr Norman Vincent Peale
as the best speaker in the world, Daniels has been speaking on personal development for over 30 years.
Daniels married his wife Robina in 1955 and has three children and eight grandchildren
Initially Daniels wanted to become a champion boxer and he still hits a speed ball.
, a board member of Haggai Institute of Advanced Leadership, world treasurer of Youth for Christ International
and international director of Robert Schuller Ministries.
Daniels has authored thirteen book
Book
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s, including How to Reach Your Life Goals and How to be Happy Though Rich.
Daniels came from a disadvantaged background and was challenged with illiteracy in his early years. His family was third generation welfare recipients, he has two alcoholic brothers, 4 fathers and 2 mothers. Many of his relatives have been in jail. He failed at every grade in school and became a bricklayer. At 26 years of age he was hopelessly in debt, and attended a Billy Graham Crusade on 25 May 1959. He attributes his life change and subsequent success to that meeting.
After reading 2,000 biographies, Daniels went into business three times, failing each time, but avoiding bankruptcy. He subsequently managed to build a large real estate business in Australia and South East Asia and serves as a director and chairman on a range of international boards.
Described by Dr Norman Vincent Peale
Norman Vincent Peale
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and author and a progenitor of the theory of "positive thinking".-Early life and education:...
as the best speaker in the world, Daniels has been speaking on personal development for over 30 years.
Daniels married his wife Robina in 1955 and has three children and eight grandchildren
Initially Daniels wanted to become a champion boxer and he still hits a speed ball.
Businesses
From 1974 to 1990, he ran Peter J Daniels Real Estate, until it folded. Since 1989 he has run the World Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies. Other business involvements include being a director of International Corporate Holdings Pty Ltd, Chairman of Australia Fair Pty Ltd and an international director of Worldwide Leadership Council.Charity work
Daniels is a renowned philanthropist, including regular 'no cost' presentations to churches around the world. He has also been chairman of the board of Youth for Christ AustraliaYouth for Christ
Youth for Christ is the name of a number of previously unaffiliated evangelical Protestant religious campaigns which led to the creation of Youth for Christ International in 1946....
, a board member of Haggai Institute of Advanced Leadership, world treasurer of Youth for Christ International
Youth for Christ
Youth for Christ is the name of a number of previously unaffiliated evangelical Protestant religious campaigns which led to the creation of Youth for Christ International in 1946....
and international director of Robert Schuller Ministries.
Awards
Daniels has received numerous national and international awards including:- 1975: Lieutenant Colonel Aide De Camp Governor Staff by Governor George Busbee, The State of Georgia
- 1986: Kentucky Colonel by Governor Julian M. Carrol, State of Georgia
- 1987: Honorary Citizen Austin Texas by Mayor Frank C. Cooksey
- 1988: World Ambassador, World Expo Brisbane Australia
- 1989: World Ambassador for Life, Youth for Christ
- 1989: Special Ambassador of State on Economic Affairs, Appointed by His Excellency President Lennox Sebe For the Nation of CiskeiCiskeiCiskei was a Bantustan in the south east of South Africa. It covered an area of 2,970 square miles , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian Ocean....
Southern Africa - 1992: Doctor of Humanities, March of Faith Bible Institute, Houston Texas
- 1995: Doctor of Letters, Oral Roberts UniversityOral Roberts UniversityOral Roberts University , based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States, is an interdenominational, Charismatic Christian, comprehensive university with an enrollment of about 3,790 students from 49 U.S. states along with a significant number of international students from 70 countries...