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We can learn an important lesson about our leadership from GPS. We can learn that there are some defined points that we need to stay in tune with to get where we want to go.

When your exit plan takes a detour – look out for the 4 Ds. The long-term goal of most pharmacist-owners is retirement. It is the significant component of an exit strategy and the most common reason for selling their pharmacy. But, in the real world, events do not always follow our best-laid plans.

It's happened again. I just finished an email “conversation” with a pharmacist whose list of activities, interests and accomplishments makes me feel like an underachieving slacker. This particular pharmacist is also a writer, presenter and health educator who has just finished renovating a riverside heritage home. She is preparing to launch and market line of cosmeceutical skin care products she has developed. And she calls herself retired! (Yes, I mean you, Ms. Collins-Beaudin.)