Chapter 1:
Minding Your Own Business

Imagine all the reasons someone might want to be an entrepreneur. They may want to increase their income, make their own hours, test drive their business ideas or have an adventure. Sometimes they do it because they’re confident they can do a better job than their boss and their boss probably did it for the same reason. If you’re willing to work hard at first, if you can stand up under some pressure, if you’re not one to give up easily and you don’t mind responsibility, then this may suit you well. In any case, starting and running a massage and bodywork business is not that difficult.

The purpose of this book is to take the mystery out of opening an establishment and to share with those readers already self employed. You will also learn about the mistakes others have made and how to avoid them. Hopefully you have worked or are presently working for a sharp entrepreneur and have picked up some good business techniques. Reading this book does not mean you have to run out and start a business immediately. What you read here can just sit in the back of your mind. Even if you never get around to starting a business, the information will be helpful in other ways. You will become more sensitive to all aspects of the industry.

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