Acharya Prashant explains that there is nothing called a professional life; there is only life. A profession is a small and fleeting part of life, which is the universal set. He distinguishes between the purpose of a profession and its expression. The purpose of a profession must be very minor, such as getting enough money to sustain oneself. However, the profession must be a major expression of who you really are. The worth of a profession is not to be measured by what it gives you, its fruit, but by where it comes from, its root. People mistakenly measure a profession's worth by the size of the fruit, such as how much it pays. The real worth lies in its root, prompting the questions: 'Where is your profession really coming from?' and 'Why are you doing what you are doing?' When a profession truly arises from your heart, it is not work at all; it is an expression of who you are. In such a case, there can be no separation between the personal and the professional. Work becomes as natural as walking, breathing, or eating. The minor purpose of the profession is to provide for material needs like shelter and food, but this fruit is secondary to the primary root. A profession is not sacred in itself; it is made sacred by the touch of reality. If your profession arises from your reality, then reality bestows a sacredness upon it. Otherwise, there is nothing great about any profession. Acharya Prashant advises to freely give up a profession if it feels like an artificial implant taken up only for its fruit. One should not be daunted by the time invested, be it five or thirty years. He emphasizes that even one hour of life lived rightly is more valuable than thirty years spent wrongly. Therefore, for the sake of even one remaining hour of authentic life, one should be willing to give up a misaligned profession.