You question, as anybody should, the overarching worth of your profession, right? So that's a question I've often asked myself.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is just that all my life I have been so involved in my work that I guess one could say in general that, whenever I had to balance my private life and my profession, my profession always won out.
In any profession, whether it's teachers or doctors or lawyers, the more we say we're not going to evaluate those people on the merits, I think that's when the profession goes into decline.
I would not encourage everyone to take up this profession. Not everyone is suited for any particular field.
I probably complicate things unnecessarily now just to give the illusion of professionalism.
What drives me is I love my profession. I love to do it.
Even my family is shocked that I chose this profession.
The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
Well, in our business, it's a very tough profession.
In my 39 years in the military, I have learned that you are not a profession just because you say you are. You have to earn it and re-earn it and re-evaluate it from time to time.
I have a lot of respect for what I do, for this profession.