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This insight comes in handy if you have both the talent and desire
for a number of different careers. For instance, you may equally
enjoy landscape gardening and interior design, but currently there
is a need in your community for garden design, so that is what you
do now.
My previously mentioned rock-star client who wanted to do
something different had first thought of becoming a music ther-
apist, which would have suited his talents, skills, and abilities
perfectly. However, he couldn’t get work as a music therapist while
being a drummer, and it is a very hard field to break into. So, he
took the practical option of becoming a nurse, which would allow
him to start as soon as he finished his nursing training and for
which jobs are plentiful and pay well.