I offered my arguments for plod over passion awhile back. Bleader, if you missed it do not pass Go until you have. It is on 12 August 2008. Click here https://theory-practice.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/2008/08/professionalism_over_passion_a.html
More on passion versus plod.
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