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WALKING TO DESTINY
11 Actions an Owner Must Take to Rapidly Grow Value & Unlock Wealth
Walking to Destiny is not only your essential resource to understand what makes your business attractive and ready for transition; it is a business owner’s handbook to know HOW TO rapidly grow value and ultimately unlock the personal wealth trapped in your most significant financial asset: Your Business.
FOR BUSINESS OWNERS. BY A BUSINESS OWNER.
Exercises, Guidelines, and Examples
Score Your Human Capital
Utilize this exercise to score your human capital using the common sense scoring system.
Calculate Your Wealth Gap
Use this excercise to determine your Wealth Goal at exit.
S.T.E.P. Exercise
Reflect on the Spiritual, Things, Experiences, and People within your life to assist in creating goals for your post-exit path.
Four Words to Test the Strength of Your Vision
Create a compelling and strong vision that aligns with what success means to you as an individual.
Common Readiness Issues
Explore a sampling of some of the many possible issues frequently seen during assesments.
Using Common Sense Scoring: 4 C's Example
See an example of the Common Sense Scoring system applied to two different companies for comparison.
Guidelines for Using the Common Sense Scoring System
Review the guidelines for using the Common Sense Scoring system and examples on how to use it.
Guidelines for Conducting Workshops - NOT Meetings
For a plan to come to life it needs to be actionable. Assess the difference between conducting workshops, not meetings.
Personal and Business Envisioning
Vision gives us purpose, and purpose drives action. Create your personal nad business visions using this tool.
A Summary of the Adjustments to Determine Your Real Numbers (vs. Tax Number)
Determine your real number to understand the actual profitability of your company.
Reflection Questions
About the Book
In 2016, Chris Snider, CEO of EPI, wrote the first book on the Value Acceleration Methodology called Walking to Destiny: 11 Actions an Owner Must Take to Rapidly Grow Value & Unlock Wealth. The book is written for business owners by a business owner. It’s a proven system to maximize value, grow income, and build a business that can run without you, even if you never plan to leave. And if you do think you won’t ever exit your business, the business owner who never plans to leave needs a well-functioning, attractive business more than anyone.
Walking to Destiny was written to arm business owners and their advisors with the knowledge and understanding needed to recognize their potential, execute growth tactics, and harvest the wealth locked inside a business.
The book is also designed to bridge the gap between advisors and owners to get them on the same page. From an advisor perspective, the Value Acceleration Methodology has become the leading process for exit planning and is prominently utilized by exit planning advisors across the world. We want to change the outcome for business owners who have invested their lives in their business.
To do that, we need to change the paradigm of how exit planning is perceived by owners. Exit planning is good business strategy. Exit planning is now. With readiness comes success, freedom, and wealth, and providing that roadmap is the purpose of Walking to Destiny.
About the Author
Chris Snider, CEPA, is the award-winning author of Walking to Destiny: 11 Actions an Owner Must Take to Rapidly Grow Value & Unlock Wealth, a business strategy book about the Value Acceleration Methodology™. Snider is a renowned content provider to the middle market business community, trade & industry associations, and professional education organizations. For his written work and contributions, Snider has been awarded recent honors that include 2016 NACVA Industry Titan Architect and 2016 AM&AA Thought Leader of the Year. Snider is the Managing Partner of Snider Premier Growth, the CEO of Exit Planning Institute, and the Founder of ThinkTank Publishing House. Chris is a family business owner, owning stakes in 8 lower middle market companies with his son, Scott.