Omar Zenhom argues that being pro is a choice you make, not a title you earn. Most people mistake amateurism for professionalism. Real pros obsess over their craft and renew their commitment every decade.
Turning pro is not something that happens to you. It's something that you decide. This is not a ceremony or some sort of promotion or external validation or some sort of award you're given. No, you wake up one day and say to yourself, this matters enough to me to take it so, so seriously. I need to be pretty much obsessed with what my work is all about, with my craft, with my business, with. With what I'm trying to build. I saw my own journey as an entrepreneur in the early days when I was really just an amateur thinking I was pro. But really I wasn't committed. I wasn't fully 100% making it a part of my identity. And the funny thing is is that I'm finding that every 10 years or so you evolve to a different level of pro. This is something that you have to consider and do over and over in your career. It's not just once and done.
