I saw it happen recently. A friend successfully sold a very profitable business, only to watch it disappear "off face of earth", a short time later. This can be very disheartening especially when new owners won’t listen to your experienced advice.

With careful preparation you can alleviate much of stress, from what will probably be, biggest sale you’ll ever make! And . . . you’ll only get one chance at it. There’s only one opportunity to put on a price tag that represents your years of toil.

Do it once - Do it Right, because once you’ve signed sale documents it’s all over! It’s history! © Market Leaders Limited.

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Noel Peebles has bought, developed and sold several of his own businesses, and has been involved with the purchase and sale of many others.

Noel is results driven and has built a reputation as a clear, thorough, strategic thinker. Noel now runs his own direct marketing and internet company supplying marketing solutions for small businesses. He also has his own public self-storage complex.

There are people who have difficulty delegating because they want to rescue everyone, not burden them, and handle everything themselves. This can be exhausting for them and does not honor talents of others in organization. It is a good idea, if possible, to replicate yourself in organization. Train someone to fill your shoes before it is needed. You can then delegate to this person without having to manage them.

You can delegate to yourself until a later time, but make it a specific allotted time. Don't just move item to your next list, then next, etc.

Outsourcing is also a great way to delegate when there is a project that requires special knowledge or resources and there is no appropriate expert within organization. When a project is outsourced, you no longer own responsibility for it and can move on to other tasks. The last action choice for an item on your list is to dump it. The dump items are items that may be reappearing continuously on your list, and are not getting done. They may be things you think you should do because "it's always been done that way". If you know a better way, use it. You can simply stop doing some of these things and see if others notice omission. You might be surprised.

Definite dump items are junk snail mail and unsolicited email. The 3D system works very well with email. Respond immediately, delegate it to yourself if you need to work on a response, or hit delete key.

Another thing, which must be dumped from your day in order for you to be effective, is interruptions. Inform those around you when you are not to be disturbed, use voice mail, set aside time to receive and return phone calls, etc. Plan to have unscheduled time daily to handle any unexpected and important items that may arise.

So, not so secret keys to handling your To Do list are - keep your goals in mind, be effective vs. efficient, set up systems that work for you, do complete work, and get rid of time and energy drains. Take time at end of each day to review and ask yourself if you are closer to your goals.