High-quality professions look decently, think profoundly, and act thoughtfully.
If you were a real professional, you'd build a bridge and get over it.
(n.) The following of a profession, sport, etc., as an occupation; -- opposed to amateurism.
Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.
They copied my product, they copied my strategies yet they failed miserably in the business, because they couldn't copy my professionalism.
A person’s true nature, true self, cannot change with situations.
In most work situations, there is usually more to see than what meets the eyes. A lot happens just beneath the surface.
Itis our ability to have an insight into people thatgives us the power to predict the future.
We tend to seek closure and completeness.
Make sure the job you select complements your personal life the best.
Your personal and professional lives will have to go hand in hand and will have influence on each other.
Business is ultimately about people and we can't be effective in business without having some insight into people.
Good luck belongs to those who know how and are not afraid." John Hay to President Theodore Roosevelt
Politics look very simple to the outsider whether he is a businessman or a soldier – it is only when you get into it that all the angles and hard work become apparent. James Forrestal
All of the administrative methods used in professional circles- confidentiality, whatever else is in vogue- are just tools. Tools that governing bodies can deploy, under the guise of fairness. Some of...
Politics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue. In what other profession would you brag about not knowing stuff? “I’m not one of those fancy Harvard heart...
My view of the charity world is that compared with business, there is too much talk, way too many meetings and expert panels and blue-ribbon commissions, and not enough action. Or as an Australian fri...
He was always so zealous and honorable in fulfilling his compact with me, that he made me zealous and honorable in fulfilling mine with him. If he had shown indifference as a master, I have no doubt I...
[On writing:] "There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'", March 25, 2007.)
