Resources - Chapter 1

Chapter 1 - Getting Started

General Information on Getting Started

• Sohnen-Moe Associates, Inc - Your Success is Our Business! We offer innovative, practical, proven support for increasing success through our home study courses, books, workshops and coaching
• Massage Practice Builders - Classes, supervision, web services for creating your massage practice

Personal Assessment

• Businessballs - Free management and training templates, resources and tools
• Sohnen-Moe Associates, Inc. - Wheel of Life chart, reproducible forms

Communication Styles and Personality Types

• Multiple Intelligences Survey - Learn more about your learning style. By Walter McKenzie, copyright 1999
• The Empowerment Partnership - Training and resources in Neuro Linguistic Programming
• The Myers Briggs Partnership - Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument
• Dominance, Influence, Steadiness, Conscientiousness Profiles - DISC tests and profiles
• The Enneagram Institute - Enneagram research, develop, applications and Enneagram tests
• Similar Minds - Variety of free personality tests and articles
• USA Today - Article: Discovering Your Entrepreneurial Type by Rhonda Abrams

Values

• Goal Setting Create the Life of Your Dreams - Goal setting, mind mapping, creative thinking
• Suite101 - Article: A Personal Code of Values: What are values & how do you find them? by Jerry Lopper
• Self Counseling - Checklist for personal values

Career Tracks

• Sohnen-Moe Associates, Inc. - Article: How to achieve career longevity by Cherie Sohnen-Moe
• W3 Schools - Career Planning Tips
• Quintessential Careers - Career and job search advice and resources
• Advance Data - Article: Complimentary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Adults: United States 2002 by Patricia Barnes, et al.
• US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics - Occupational Outlook Handbook that includes areer information, designed to provide valuable assistance to individuals making decisions about their future work lives
• Biomed Central - A survey of training and practice patterns of massage therapists in two US states

Private Practice vs Employment

• Sohnen-Moe Associates, Inc - Article: The Employment Quandary by Cherie Sohnen-Moe
• International Spa Association - Lists events, job bank and educational resources about the spa industry
• The Body Worker - Articles and resources for building a successful massage therapy practice
• Discover Spas - Spa Directory, articles and newsletter
• About.com: Cruises - Includes links to various cruise line websites , articles about the hiring process and pitfalls to avoid
• Best Spa Jobs - Up-to-date listing for spa jobs
• Massage Magazine - Article: Choosing the Spa That's Best For You by Melinda Minton
• Sohnen-Moe Associates, Inc - Article: Spa Savvy: Concerns and Employment Considerations by Cherie Sohnen-Moe
• National Association for the Self Employed - The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) is the nation's leading resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses providing a broad range of benefits and support to help the smallest businesses succeed. NASE gives small-business owners news and resources, legislative advocacy and membership benefits such as affordable health insurance