What makes a professional?
What make a professional? A professional has the ability to execute the correct decisions at the correct time. Amateurs are missing one of these components more often than not. A professional is practiced and practice prepares and hones our ability to execute. We may have the knowledge to make a prediction but without the ability to execute we fall short of the mark and failure to execute at all is where most of us live. This is how I feel about my data analytics and prediction skills. Sometimes I am so hampered by making the correct decision, that I fail to make any decision at all. Except in one area of my life and that is music. When I play music (on my saxophone), I am forced to execute according to a variety of conditions. When I play in a concert band, with an arranged piece of music (all the notes written out for me) then my execution comes down to my ability to play the notes set forth in time according to the conductor. When I play Jazz, however, I am granted m