The limited partnership agreement (or LPA) is the legal document that formally lays out the rules of the road—the economic relationship between the LP and the GP and the governance relationship between the LP and the GP.

When we lift our inward eyes to gaze upon God we are sure to meet friendly eyes gazing back at us, for it is written that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout all the earth.

All the greats we admire started by saying Yes, lets go. And they usually did it in less desirable circumstances than we'll ever suffer. Many times we wait for the conditions to be the way we want them and for the situation to go our way before we act. Those who attack problems and life with the most initiative and energy usually win.

Atahuallpa was absolute monarch of the largest and most advanced state in the New World, while Pizarro represented the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (also known as King Charles I of Spain),monarch of the most powerful state in Europe.

To go forward, we need to move faster. And as leaders, we need to stay ahead, we need to see more than others, and we need to see before others.

Great managers orchestrate rather than do. Like the conductor of an orchestra, they do not play an instrument, but direct their people so that they play beautifully together.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you have anyway.

If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

Building trust is a process that begins when someone (either you or the other party) is willing to risk being the first to open up, to show vulnerability, and to let go of control.

Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit.