"Professionalism does not mean rigid formalism. Professionalism does not mean adhering to beaurocrasy. Professionalism is honor. Professionalism is being honest

"Professionalism does not mean rigid formalism. Professionalism does not mean adhering to beaurocrasy. Professionalism is honor. Professionalism is being honest with yourself and disciplined in the way you work. Professionalism is not letting fear take over." That may be his definition but from my experience, when I hear people talking about professionalism, they're usually either using it as a way to complain about someone else or to boost their own ego. I haven't known many people to think of professionalism as defined above. Seems like more often than not, its used as leverage to argue for exactly what he says it does not mean.