Wen | Zhao Xiaoli
01
With the opening of Universal Studios Beijing, the weizhentian in the studio has frequently rushed to the hot search.
It turns out that this "Wei Zhentian" is the villain in "Transformers", and it is loved by tourists with its huge body and speech attributes as soon as it appears, and people once doubted: Will this chattering Wei Zhentian be an AI?
In fact, this "Wei Zhentian" is a staff arranged by the studio to interact with tourists: this staff member stands on the knee of the mech like a stilt, carries a weight of 30 pounds of armor, artificially controls movement and sound, and finally undergoes a voice changer process to form the final audition effect.
Behind Wei Zhentian is an ordinary worker; but unlike other workers, this worker has his own career dreams.
His name is Wang Ming, and he is a "Chinese mech operator".
According to relevant news reports, it is not difficult to see that Wang Ming is engaged in this profession, largely from his own love: the report said that when he first put on the mech, Universal Studios Beijing had not yet opened, because he liked "Transformers", he knew for the first time about universal studios in Los Angeles, usa...
Wang Ming's initial performance began with imitation, such as playing bumblebee. After a long period of practice, Wang Ming no longer needs a voice changer, he can switch the three character voices freely: Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, Wei Zhentian... Over the past few years, he has performed thousands of performances and more than 20,000 hours, and after each performance, he will feel weak and even almost dizzy, and his shoulder and elbow joints are particularly painful.
Sweating at the end of each time
Behind the heavy work, many people, including their families, do not understand; in the face of others' doubts, Wang Ming does not explain.
Looking back on this road, because he loves mecha, Wang Ming went from being an enthusiast to later forming a team to make and interpret mecha, to later taking the initiative to run to shopping malls and media companies to promote mecha... Today's Wang Ming is well-known in the mecha circle, often invited to appear on various occasions, and even appears on the variety stage, taking photos with celebrities and shaking hands with celebrities.
02
From Wang Ming's body, I saw the power of love: because of the love in his bones, Wang Mingli insisted on his own path, although this "mecha operator" profession is little known or even misunderstood, but it is nothing to him - now he has done a good job, rooted in this field and achieved today's results.
As the author says, "As long as you love it enough and be competent enough, what does it matter to be an 'alien'?" ”
I remembered a few years ago, when I, like many people today, was deeply confused and miserable: in the eyes of outsiders, I had a glamorous job (a financial manager of a company), a stable income... However, only I know in my heart that this is not a profession that I am truly passionate about.
In the years when I couldn't see a way out, I searched around and struggled; it was during those years that I met some people who benefited me a lot.
The first person who shocked me was a yoga studio director, let's call it Amy (pseudonym).
Amy was an ordinary employee of a state-owned enterprise before, doing repetitive and trivial work every day, because of the long-term lying and sitting, resulting in More serious problems in Amy's cervical spine, she had to go to the hospital to do traction, and then continued to return to her post, doing repetitive and trivial work...
At that time, the efficiency of amy's state-owned enterprise declined, and measures were introduced to encourage employees to leave: if individuals are willing to take the initiative to leave their jobs to make a living, the company can give individuals more compensation than the regulations...
But even so, according to Amy, many people would rather stay in state-owned enterprises than take this step.
Amy decided to live a different way.
She quit her job, which she didn't like, got a handsome compensation, and looked around for a cure for her cervical spine. By chance, she came into contact with yoga, and she found that this exercise can effectively correct her cervical spine - so she spent a year practicing carefully and diligently every day, and her efforts slowly became effective, the physical discomfort gradually disappeared, and her growth and progress also made the coach sigh.
The coach saw that Amy's training level had reached a more professional level, so he suggested that she study professionally and obtain a yoga instructor certificate; after taking the certificate, the coach threw an olive branch to her and invited Amy to become a substitute teacher in the yoga studio - which made Amy ecstatic, she never imagined that the things she loved would one day bring her income.
In this way, from an ordinary yoga teacher to the chief yoga teacher, to amy herself opened a yoga studio and became the owner... She was in her 50s the year I met Amy, but judging by her appearance, shape and appearance, she was only about 30 years old at most.
Amy told me —
Since the day she left, there have been many colleagues who have been on the sidelines and want to see if Amy will regret her decision today.
Until Amy opened a yoga studio and became the owner, these people have been waiting and watching, they want to see how long Amy's yoga studio can last?
Now Amy's yoga career is getting bigger and bigger, opening several branches, and these people are still watching...
"People who only look at others are always watching life; but life is never just a matter of waiting, it requires you to bend into the game, to experience it, to live your life." 」 Amy said.
03
The second person who had a big influence on me, let's call it Linda (pseudonym).
When I first met, Linda was working as a counselor at a college, and she was a proper member of the system: Linda university performed very well at that time, and after graduation, she was given the opportunity to stay in the school.
But Linda was unhappy.
It turned out that Linda knew that her development in school was limited: because in school, there are usually two ways, one is to go to the administrative position, and the other is to do scientific research - but Linda is not interested in these two roads and is not good at them.
One day, linda was deeply shocked by such news.
This news report is a college teacher, because of the long-term scientific research results have been snubbed, discouraged and chose to jump off the building to live.
"If I continue to stay in school, I can basically see the end at a glance." Linda said: "I don't want to climb the administrative post, and I have no interest in scientific research... In this school, what greeted me was to be marginalized until there was no sense of existence... I am good at aesthetics and like literature and art, but unfortunately here, my good and hobbies cannot be displayed. It is conceivable that I will continue to stay for 10 or 20 years, and eventually I will only become weaker and weaker, and then I will deceive myself and say that this is the end of my life..."
I remember Linda and I talked a lot that day, talked about her past beautiful experiences, talked about her ideals... A little over a month later, Linda sent me a message saying that she had quit her job and decided to go south to the big city.
By the time I saw Linda again, it was almost three years later.
Linda returned to the city. Asked about her plans, Linda swept away her past confusion, and she told me unusually firmly that she had already had some ideas and even begun to act on this time.
Today, Linda is in the business of customizing clothes, she has recruited people to be responsible for daily affairs, she is mainly responsible for the control of major customers and key links; in her spare time, Linda learns oil painting and watches various exhibitions... As her aesthetic abilities improved, which in turn would react to her career, her clothing became more and more popular with her customers.
"People, don't care what other people think, because others are not you, they don't know what you are good at and what you like, we still have to follow our own strengths and even talents to develop, this is the real shortcut." 」 Linda said.
04
The third person who had a profound influence on me was a programmer by birth, let's call it Bill (pseudonym).
Bill I met at a book club when he quit his job as a programmer at a big factory and gave himself a vacation to do what he loved, including studying psychology, attending book clubs, running marathons, and so on.
When Bill talked about his reasons for leaving, he was to the effect that he didn't want to live the days of working overtime every day and having no life to live.
Bill was only 25 years old at the time, according to him, while he was still in the single period of "one person eating enough for the whole family without hunger", it was better to "go crazy", it was not too late to go back to the old business after a year or two.
The development that followed Bill was dramatic—
Because of running a marathon, Bill subtracted dozens of pounds of extra meat, and suddenly changed from a small fat man to a capable young man;
Because of studying psychology, I met a psychology teacher and went to the teacher's studio to become an assistant;
Because he participated in the book club, he discovered his talent in organizing and planning activities, and later became a core member of the book club...
During this valuable exploration, Bill also made a lot of friends, one of whom was the owner of a startup, and admired Bill's courage and talent, so he invited Bill to join the company... In this way, Bill and a few like-minded friends slowly started a startup, and bill has now become an executive of that company, and has married and had a baby.
Bill said: "The meaning of life is in the unknown. Why don't we be bold enough to embrace the unknown and meet another self you didn't imagine? ”
05
I am very fortunate that I met these people, they have a common characteristic, that is, the courage to be "outliers" in the eyes of others.
Behind this courage is to have their own unique views and expectations on life, have an inclusive mentality and sober cognition of themselves, have an independent thinking and opinion of their own lives, and have more action power to put into practice.
Because of the encouragement and encouragement of these people, I began to pick up the dreams of my youth, began to allow myself to try new possibilities, and began to invest in self-continuous learning... Looking back on the past few years, although there are hardships and difficulties, but more importantly, it is an indescribable fulfillment and happiness.
At this point, I am reminded of a passage by the author Yebo -
"Only by jumping out of the circle of imprisoning yourself and constantly promoting the change of thinking can we make faster progress and make the road of life wider and wider."
With you!
About author:Zhao Xiaoli, senior career planner, national psychological counselor, workplace writer. He is the author of the best-selling workplace books "Stop Blind Effort: Your Life Needs to Be Redesigned" and "From Minimalism to Extreme: Be a Great Person in the Field of Excellence" based on the case analysis of career counseling. In 2021, the new book "Ability Breakthrough: The Underlying Logic and Methods of Accelerating Growth in the Workplace" continues to sell well.
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