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The world has need for the amateur and for the professional, but the amateur professional? It’s like a corn dog. Neither corn nor a dog (whew!), it’s a confused food on a stick. In select situations, it suffices, but it’s no substitute for the real thing. And so it is with the amateur who doesn’t know it. The Players The Professional The Professional has either achieved this status by completing schooling, by extensive real-world experience, or by a combination of both. A Professional is engaged in a learned profession, whether that learning came through formal schooling or the school of hard knocks. [...]