By Terence P. Kennedy

As a business owner, chances are that at some point in your life, you will sit back in your chair, stare out your window and ask yourself “what else is there?” That’s the point, the epiphany, if you will, at which you realize that life is short and there is more to it then grinding it out day after day. This is true even if you love your business and have nurtured it through its ups and downs, the turmoil of the financial crisis and all the daily impediments that a business is bound to experience. Nevertheless, you yearn for something more. Maybe you want to work in the public sphere or for a charity where there is less pressure. Maybe you want to play 36 holes everyday. Maybe you want to travel and smell the roses. It all sounds good. Whatever you want, as a friend of mine says, “you should retire to something .”