When pitching your idea to a potential licensee, it's important to have a professional presentation, including a prototype or mock-up and a strong pitch.

A little boundary clarification would do the trick.

If God is to let His love enter in and shine and burn through my heart, I must take time to be with Him.

Live by design, not by default.

It wouldn't do any good, she said, and besides, dropping out would break Dad's heart. He was immensely proud that he had a daughter in college, and an Ivy League college at that.

Stay open-minded about solutions that come from outside of your domain and expertise. Think of it as “having one foot outside your world.”

If your business is successful, it eventually moves beyond the start-up phase and starts to grow. You can hang on for a while, but sooner or later the company develops a set of needs that entrepreneurs like me aren’t good at dealing with. You can’t ignore those needs.

This jump on the experts is what produces 'tenbaggers,' the stocks that appreciate tenfold or more and turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer.

The second Law of Combat: Simple. Complexity breeds chaos and disaster, especially when things go wrong.

When we confront behavior with courage and skill, we are offering a gift. This behavior is hurtful. This is the result it is producing. This is what’s at stake.