Being professional, literally means doing as one says one will do.
But in practice, the term is cluttered with the hidden expectations of slave. Unfortunately, professionals are often taken to be "people who share our values" ... it has come to mean, "people who do as we do, despite what we all say". This would not be a problem if people spoke their values openly. But in reality, people value one thing, and they speak about other values instead.
Many of my friends value relationships, because they would not know who they are without relationships. I don't value relationships much because I have a view of myself which isn't too dependent on other people's views.
Ah. Society and its economics ... what a playground.
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