Business owners who don’t plan their business transition now may have to kiss all their creativity, passion, and hard work goodbye as they face a market glutted with businesses for sale and scant few buyers. Those who do start planning their transition can increase the value of their business, increase their profitability today, and keep their options open.

Plan for transition -- Get your life on a roll -- Transition means change -- Choose your best option for transition -- Get your business ready for transition -- Build an "A" team of advisors -- Work on the business, not in the business -- elective delegation -- Create a business plan for transition -- Leverage your assets in succession planning -- Success is a process -- Test the waters with a sabbatical.