As a fitness and nutrition professional, you are drastically underpaid. While it really is true that you can make six to seven figures as a personal trainer, the traditional industry is not set-up to accommodate the large salary that you could and should be making. Instead, you’re stuck with a relatively small commission or an hourly pay structure. But to truly succeed in the fitness business, you must take matters into your own hands, and the only way to accomplish this is if you have multiple income streams.

Diabetes if the fastest growing problem in healthcare. Obesity is at its all time high and not getting any smaller. Baby boomers turning into seniors and being forced into nursing homes way to early. Why have I stuck it out when times have been tough over the last twenty-five years?

The hottest jobs over the next decade:

Physician assistant
Physician assistants work under a doctor’s supervision in big cities, or may be primary care providers in rural areas where doctors are in short supply. Apparently, more shortages are forecast as demand is set to increase 39 percent by 2018. Most physician assistants have a two-year degree on top of a bachelor’s degree.

Biochemist/biophysicist
Biochemists study living things and their chemical composition, while biophysicists study how electrical and mechanical energy impact living things. Growth is expected to exceed 37 percent. Some in this field start with a bachelor’s degree, while a Ph.D. may be needed for independent research work.

Skin-care specialist
Also known as aestheticians, skin-care specialists were No. 11 last year and made it to the top 10 at No. 8 in the 2018 projections. With expected 38 percent growth, this field is one of the quickest to get into in the top 10 — a high-school diploma or G.E.D. and a cosmetology-school certificate are all that’s required.

Athletic trainer
As America battles its obesity epidemic over the coming decade, the call for professionals who can help whip us into shape will expand like our waistlines — 37 percent, BLS estimates. Trainers usually work under a doctor’s supervision or in cooperation with other healthcare providers.

Only three occupations appear on both the ‘06 and ‘08 top-10 fastest-growing lists — networks systems and data communications analysts, home health aides, and personal-care aides such as personal trainers.

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