{"id":5221,"date":"2018-12-23T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-23T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5221"},"modified":"2018-12-26T07:17:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-26T15:17:06","slug":"semi-pro-at-sea-12-23-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=5221","title":{"rendered":"Semi-Pro \u2013 At Sea \u2013 [12\/23\/2018]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"If you want a true measure of a man\u2019s character take a long long look at how he treats his servants not his superiors<\/em><\/p>\n

– Sirius Black<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve said it many many times in the past, but it remains completely and totally true: being a professional has nothing<\/em> to do with how much you are getting paid, or even if you are getting paid at all.<\/p>\n

Professionalism\u2026is an attitude. And it has to do with how you treat the people around you, how much you respect your actors, your musicians, your raw material. How much you care about the structure of your people; your ability to see when you\u2019ve pushed them too far. When you\u2019ve crossed the line. And to respect them when they try to tell<\/em> you that.<\/p>\n

I was raised a professional, so were most of the people around me. The training I received just gave me more of that, but it was born and bred into me long before I took my first class or did my first show. And I know it when I see it. And I know when I am not<\/em> seeing it.<\/p>\n

If you are in a position of authority and someone comes to you with a problem, or a concern or a legitimate complaint, don\u2019t laugh it off, don\u2019t roll your eyes. Take it in stride, acknowledge it, and roll with it, and fix it.\u00a0<\/em>An amateur will demand help, or order it, a professional requests it kindly.<\/p>\n

Be honest with your team, be careful with your resources. And if you are offered the chance to give someone a boost, take it, even if you don\u2019t feel like it.<\/p>\n

Professionalism is showing up to a gig you didn\u2019t expect to have to perform, when you would really rather be anywhere else, and doing it anyway \u2013 because that\u2019s what you do, and the audience shouldn\u2019t suffer as a result of backstage politics. Professionalism, is taking charge of a line of people threatening to spin totally out of control and knowing exactly the right words to say to each group of them without<\/em> turning into an exercise is painful dictatorship.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s really not that difficult, a small matter of respect. A chance to not be petty.<\/p>\n

And yet..<\/p>\n

And yet sometimes it seems that people simply do not get it<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll just go be exhausted now\u2026<\/p>\n

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