PRO VS AMATEUR

IN MY OPINION; WILLIAM REYNOLDS

BEING A PRO AND NOT AN AMATEUR;

It doesn’t matter what you are trying to become better at, if you only do the work when you’re motivated, then you’ll never be consistent enough to become a professional. 

The Pain of Being A Pro ...Approaching your goals — whatever they are — with the attitude of a professional isn’t easy. In fact, being a pro is painful. The simple fact of the matter is that most of the time we are inconsistent. We have goals that we would like to achieve and dreams that we would like to fulfill, but we only work towards them occasionally; when we feel inspired or motivated or when life allows us to do so. It’s just easier that way. I can guarantee that if you set a schedule for any task and start sticking to it, there will be days when you feel like quitting. When you are on a film set there will be days when you don’t feel like showing up. When we have castings that have to be done 'today' like it or not. When it’s time to write scripts, there will be times that you don’t feel like typing, or worse coming up with a different idea. But stepping up when it’s annoying or painful or draining to do so, that’s what makes you a pro. Professionals stick to the schedule, amateurs let life get in the way. Professionals know what is important to them and work towards it with purpose, amateurs get pulled off course by the demands of life. Being a pro, in the long run makes life soooo much easier.