A diploma opens the door. What you do in the first year decides which room you end up in.
Start where the standards are highest
A junior role in a demanding spa teaches more in six months than two years of comfortable independent work. Go where you will be corrected.
Specialise later than you want to
Therapists who pick a niche too early build a narrow client base. Spend a year offering everything, then specialise in what your hands are genuinely best at.
Keep a treatment journal
One line per client: what you did, what changed. After three hundred entries you will know more about your own practice than any course can tell you.