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This is truthfully one of the hardest

professions in the world to break into, and

even if you are lucky enough to get a foot

in the door, its still extremely hard, if not

impossible, for most people to make a goodliving.

I compare the life of an aspiring bodyguard

to be much the same as an aspiring actor.

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looking for that next job, you can never stop

hustling and networking and often chasing

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does come along, it is often for a few short

months or even weeks, then you are back to

square-one again; chasing the next job. Its a

real dog-eat-dog business.

Dont get me wrong though, there are

a few guys and girls out there who are

indeed making a really good living from the

profession, but most have been around for a

very long time, have established themselves

with clients and, often over many years, have

been l ucky enough to have made the right

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a newbie.

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from people who cling to the belief that a

life of a jet-setting bodyguard is just around

the corner. I have a wake up call for them...

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receive every single day; many for positions

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operators who are known and trusted by the

company and / or other members of the team.

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person passes their driving test, do they

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not! So why then does a person think that,

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course, they are now a bodyguard?