The following is a list of strategies to ensure long-term success as a massage therapist.
- Identify your values and operate from them.
- Clarify your purpose, priorities and goals.
- Design and implement an effective business plan.
- Create strategic plans of action.
- Learn to work smarter, not harder.
- Track important components.
- Eliminate time wasters.
- Plan your days.
- Set a schedule and keep it.
- Take a stretch break every 20 minutes.
- Get feedback from colleagues and experts.
- Collect information: quotes, articles, statistics.
- Keep your work space organized.
- Enhance your communication skills.
- Follow through with clients.
- Market your business consistently.
- Join at least one professional association.
- Develop powerful networking abilities.
- Keep accurate records.
- Be a calculated risk-taker.
- Be willing to move on.
- Make sure your needs are being met.
- Exercise regularly.
- Eat a balanced diet.
- Get weekly massages.
- Create a support system.
- Continue your education.
- Remember, we're all human-we make mistakes.
- Keep things in perspective.
- Take responsibility for yourself.
- Choose appropriate advisors.
- If there are tasks you hate, then delegate or subcontract them.
- Respect your mind and body's cycles.
- Balance your personal and professional life.
- Acknowledge your accomplishments every day.
- Have fun!