professional

procrastination

procrastinator

is contrasted with the businessman in that for the professional, money making is incidental... for the businessman it is primary.

A vital difference between the professional man and a man of business is that money making to the professional man should, by virtue of his assumption, be incidental... to the businessman it is primary. Money has its limitations... while it may buy quantity, there is something beyond it and that is quality.

is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.

A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.

is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it.

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do his job when he does feel like it.

is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

Professionals are a band of little politicians.

is one who doesn't have to be competent, Just persuasive.

A professional doesn't have to be competent, Just persuasive.

is distinguished from the madman in this: a professional does as well as he can within what he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing.

What's genius? I don't know but I do know that the difference between a madman and a professional is that a pro does as well as he can within what he has set out to do and a madman does exceptionally well at what he can't help doing.

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