Hi everybody,
That's a great stuff. Some points from my end.
The word profession is linked to the specialised works and the word professionalism means the expertise in that work with certain standards of performance like, quality, time, accuracy, gentleness and the art of doing it.
A professional provides services for a pay.
Professionalism is an art of doing things greatly with least effort.
A work done by a professional would be done in the highest quality standards with least efforts. The work could be Couseling, Drafting, Playing Cricket, Performing surgery ........acting on the stage .......etc..
To become a professional, one need to expertise the skill, emotional balance, art/style of doing it.
Santhosh