The distinction between personal and professional is difficult.
On one hand, it takes passion and conviction and a very strong personal work ethic to succeed at anything that is challenging enough to draw interest.
But heaping personal emotion on a business situation is not just not desirable, it can be a sign of a lack of control, which can be — should be — worrying.
Finding the balance, knowing how to draw on reserves of grit while keeping hard-headed about facts and probabilities, is one area of business and pursuit of complex goals that come only with experience.
How do you define “Professional?” “Personal?” What blend is important to you?