Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to naught, or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over, thought I’d something more to say
- “Time” by Pink Floyd
This is a song I used to play on repeat in my dorm and throughout my 20s.
A slow burn. Beautiful guitar. And a haunting truth.
It’s about waking up one day and realising…
you’ve run out of time.
Plans half-finished…..Years gone by.
Still grinding, still hoping—but now with less time to recover.
That song hits different now.
Especially when I talk to business owners in their 60s and 70s—still running companies they thought they’d have sold by now.
They’re not burned out yet.
But they’re getting there.
And some already have.
Most of them never saw it coming. They were too busy working in the business to work on the thing that matters most:
- Making it sellable.
- Valuable without them.
Now?
They’re hanging on.
Trying to get the numbers back up.
Trying to reverse the trend.
Trying to make it look like a buyer’s dream—when it’s been built entirely on their back for decades.
That’s not an exit…that’s a slow slide into regret.
And it’s exactly what happens when you let time pass without a plan.
So if you’re still in the game…
If you’re not ready to retire but don’t want to be forced to keep going…
Here’s your move:
Take the 60-Second Business Exit Readiness Survey
See where you really stand.
Because time doesn’t care how hard you work—
Only whether the business can live without you.
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