This text is a reader-friendly, yet comprehensive, guide to developing business skills for massage therapy students and practitioners, written by a longtime successful massage entrepreneur who is also the author of One Year to a Successful Massage Therapy Practice. The book is written to be enjoyable and practical, with an encouraging, casual style. It includes checklists and forms that readers can use to build their own practices in a variety of settings, either as entrepreneurs or as employees.

Part I: Mapping Your Route -- Preparing for Your Career -- The Business Plan -- Business Ethics Part II: Setting Out -- Starting Your Business -- Managing Obstacles and Steering Toward Success Part III: Staying on Course -- Record Keeping -- Managing Your Finances -- The People in Your Business -- Policies and Procedures -- Part IV: Traffic Signals -- Projecting Professionalism -- Effective Communications Part V: Highway Visibility Appendix A: Business Forms for Every Need -- Appendix B: Professional Organizations for Massage Therapists and Other Holistic Practitioners -- Appendix C: Resources for Massage Therapists.