Book excerpt: If you are ready to get serious about SCUBA diving as a career choice, let this book be a fast-pass through some of the mental, motivational and administrative obstacles that many of us have had to overcome when becoming a diving professional. This book covers everything you need to know to turn your life around and to start teaching SCUBA diving professionally. Some of the chapters include: 1. 7 Habits of a Successful Dive Instructor 2. Getting Your Life Sorted 3. Training Agencies, Dive Centers and Equipment 4. Writing a Good Scuba Resume and Social Media 5. How to Land Your Dream Job 6. Common Mistakes on the Job 7. Safeguard Your Future - Visa, Insurance and Retirement 8. Finding Your Niche 9. Becoming an Industry Leader 10. Advice and Stories from the Pros Nick Derutter is a multi award winning PADI(tm) Platinum Course Director. He has trained hundreds of diving instructors and thousands of recreational divers worldwide. He runs Instructor Development programs in The Americas and Europe, is a Tec Trimix instructor, hyperbaric chamber operator and Diveheart(tm) Adaptive SCUBA Instructor Trainer. Besides teaching SCUBA divers and instructors, he runs a successful online dive store called Dive SAGA(tm), an online diving magazine and a diving media business.