Sweep the international design award at the age of 28! Jiang Mengzhi: Your choice determines your appearance.

Wu Huizhen: "Your background doesn't determine who you are. Only you can decide what kind of person you become. At the age of 24, she won a scholarship from the Ministry of Education to study abroad and went to school of visual arts alone to study for a master's degree in computer arts. At the age of 27, he wandered to the design world in new york and paid off millions of study abroad loans on his own; At the age of 28, she won many international awards, such as the German Red Dot Communication Design Award. At the age of 29, she became a lecturer at school of visual arts Institute of Computer Arts ... Her name is Jiang Mengzhi, and she was born in a single-parent family in Pingtung. She used the backbone from the southern border to write a dream story of new york. During his work in the United States, his clients included world-famous brands such as Nike and M A C cosmetics, and he served as the chief designer of online game LoL in official website. Jiang Mengzhi became the behind-the-scenes pusher of game interaction design and visual aesthetics. Behind the glamorous resume, Jiang Mengzhi walked through the low tide of depression, broke through the more stressful atmosphere everywhere, encountered sudden family changes, and was burdened with a heavy million-dollar loan ... "You know, before the arrival of spring, you couldn't see any greenery, all you could see was depressing low temperature and monotonous white death, which once made you feel that the world was no longer beautiful. Everything that Jiang Mengzhi has experienced has become the most important nutrient in life. Eat what others can't eat, do what others can't do, and you can enjoy what others can't enjoy. "Do your best version, the world may not become better, but you will become braver, stronger and more fearless. After running a long and tortuous road, Jiang Mengzhi returned to his alma mater to give a speech. This passage is written for all you who may be at a low tide, fragile and confused. The following is the full text of the speech: Hello, principals, teachers, parents upstairs and younger brothers and sisters under the stage: I am Jiang Mengzhi, who graduated from the 98-level design group of the Fine Arts Department of Normal University, which is the predecessor of the current design department. When I was about five years old, I knew I wanted to be an artist in my life. When I was fifteen, my family had a revolution and decided to go to an art class in a boys' school and a high school. At the age of eighteen, I only filled in one school and one department in the university, that is, the design group of the art department of normal university. This is my only wish. This year happens to be the tenth year of my graduation. Ten years after graduation is the most important decade in my life, and I believe it will be the most important decade in everyone's life. Your golden age is 20 to 30. What kind of person do you want to be in ten years? Wu Huizhen: "Your background doesn't determine who you are. Only you can decide what kind of person you become. At the age of 24, she won a scholarship from the Ministry of Education to study abroad and went to school of visual arts alone to study for a master's degree in computer arts. At the age of 27, he wandered to the design world in new york and paid off millions of study abroad loans on his own; At the age of 28, she won many international awards, such as the German Red Dot Communication Design Award. At the age of 29, she became a lecturer at school of visual arts Institute of Computer Arts ... Her name is Jiang Mengzhi, and she was born in a single-parent family in Pingtung. She used the backbone from the southern border to write a dream story of new york. During his work in the United States, his clients included world-famous brands such as Nike and M A C cosmetics, and he served as the chief designer of online game LoL in official website. Jiang Mengzhi became the behind-the-scenes pusher of game interaction design and visual aesthetics. Behind the glamorous resume, Jiang Mengzhi walked through the low tide of depression, broke through the more stressful atmosphere everywhere, encountered sudden family changes, and was burdened with a heavy million-dollar loan ... "You know, before the arrival of spring, you couldn't see any greenery, all you could see was depressing low temperature and monotonous white death, which once made you feel that the world was no longer beautiful. Everything that Jiang Mengzhi has experienced has become the most important nutrient in life. Eat what others can't eat, do what others can't do, and you can enjoy what others can't enjoy. "Do your best version, the world may not become better, but you will become braver, stronger and more fearless. After running a long and tortuous road, Jiang Mengzhi returned to his alma mater to give a speech. This passage is written for all you who may be at a low tide, fragile and confused. The following is the full text of the speech: Hello, principals, teachers, parents upstairs and younger brothers and sisters under the stage: I am Jiang Mengzhi, who graduated from the 98-level design group of the Fine Arts Department of Normal University, which is the predecessor of the current design department. When I was about five years old, I knew I wanted to be an artist in my life. When I was fifteen, my family had a revolution and decided to go to an art class in a boys' school and a high school. At the age of eighteen, I only filled in one school and one department in the university, that is, the design group of the art department of normal university. This is my only wish. This year happens to be the tenth year of my graduation. Ten years after graduation is the most important decade in my life, and I believe it will be the most important decade in everyone's life. Your golden age is 20 to 30. What kind of person do you want to be in ten years? In the past ten years, I learned three important things. The first thing: your choice determines what kind of person you are. At the age of twenty, I felt that the world was unfair. Why do some people never worry about food and clothing? Why can he make up hundreds of thousands of studies? Why can he buy the most expensive computer and mobile phone? Why does his family support him indefinitely when he wants to do something? Why can someone go abroad if they want to? You can start a business if you want to? Just because he was born in a rich family. Why can't I even pay for painting, photocopying my portfolio and exhibition venues? Why do I have to tutor every day and even work in a coffee shop? Why should I haggle over every meal? Why should I spend three years saving up for a self-help trip to England? Why is my life so hard? Why did I have to suffer from this since I was a child? Why? When I was in college, I began to earn my own living expenses. After graduating from college, I didn't take the money from my family. When I was working in Taipei, I was preparing to go abroad. Just paying the high rent and living expenses in Taipei has overwhelmed me. What little savings I have left is used to take the TOEFL test, buy reference books and prepare my portfolio. There is no deposit in my account. When I was a graduate student in new york, I worked part-time and ate porridge every day. When I was poorest, there was only $35 left in my account. I don't even know where the tuition fees for the next meal and the next semester are, what's more, I was still burdened with millions of loans for studying abroad, and I was so stressed that I couldn't sleep every day. Why can rich children study abroad, travel, visit outlets and watch Broadway easily? These problems have appeared in my heart countless times, and my heart is full of resentment. I think the world is really unfair! I know this cynicism better than anyone. Yes, success seems to be the patent of the rich, and others will succeed only because their family is rich. Is that what you think? However, I found that constantly complaining about the world and rationalizing the success of others will not let me learn anything; It's not good to criticize others, nor will it make me better. On the contrary, I will fall into a negative cycle. I can't succeed without money anyway. I don't want to be a sour person, that's not what I want to do. Taiwan Province Province does not need more opposition, class opposition, rich-poor opposition, political opposition and generational opposition. We don't need to divide each other by opposites, so that our strength is getting smaller and smaller. Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, once said: "Intelligence is a gift, and kindness is a choice." Your choice determines who you are. I chose to focus on how to grow myself, how to solve problems through my own strength, and even appreciate all kinds of people, people with different backgrounds, and replace exclusion with the same reasons. If I want to study, I will buy my own books to read. If I want to travel, I will teach myself to save money; If I want to study abroad, I will apply for various scholarships; In the United States, there is no rent and living expenses, so we try our best to accept cases everywhere through various channels. This concentration allows me to accumulate myself, grow up every day and get rid of the negative emotions of cynicism. This choice enabled me to successfully enter the top 500 companies in the United States after graduating from new york College, and at the age of 27, I repaid all my school loans and realized my dream of studying abroad without spending a penny at home. Since then, I have given all the money I earned to my family and devoted myself to improving their financial situation. Your birth doesn't decide who you are, only you can decide who you become. Don't blame others, blame others, blame others, be cynical, and always act like the world is sorry for you. Good or bad, everything is meaningful and will make you a better person. The world is actually fair. After thirty, I found that the world is actually fair. In the past, I was the top scholar in my class, the most talented friend around me, the richest child, and the earliest classmate to study abroad. It's ........................................................................................................................, a prodigy who shines in overseas competitions at a young age. I sometimes think that they are obviously the winning group in life. How did they become like this? I used to envy their resources, but now it's their turn to envy my life. When I was twenty-four, I went to America to study alone. At the age of 26, I graduated from graduate school. At the age of 27, I paid off a million dollars in student loans. At the age of 29, I went to teach in school of visual arts Computer Art Institute. When I was thirty, I published my autobiography. Life is a marathon, and those who win at the starting point may not be able to run to the end. If you imagine life as a 100-meter sprint, it is probably hopeless to lose at the starting point, so many people feel that they can't lose at the starting point. But life is really long. It is a marathon that needs more willpower, and there will be many psychological and physical tests. The person who runs to the end is usually not the one who rampaged at first, nor is he always concerned about his opponent. Winners pay attention to their own pace, breathe and move forward at their own speed. No matter whether a person is rich or ugly, beautiful or talented, everyone will experience setbacks, low tide and be labeled. Everyone will meet their own opportunities, meet their loved ones, and only they can go. In fact, the world will not favor any kind of people, and everything is fair. If life gives you lemons, you can make lemonade. Everyone's journey is different, the scenery is different, each has its own beauty, and no one needs to envy anyone. Cherish what you have and be a kind person, which is much happier than being a sour person. Don't be afraid to fly high because of temporary comfort; Don't covet the immediate financial aid, but miss the opportunity to grow. Taking a hard road will definitely make you a stronger person. The second thing: to be my best version, I don't need to compare with others. I was about 19, 20 years old and started taking medicine for insomnia. Every night I lie in a girl's dormitory and watch the time pass slowly from 1: 00, 2: 00 and 3: 00. I am tired and fall asleep at 5: 00. This is never the beautiful college life I imagined: a melancholy woman, crying silently in the quilt, even afraid to cry. On the surface, my college life seems to be very successful and my resume is beautiful. I have won 20 or 30 design awards, served as the president of Hanghe Society, participated in various camps, forums and exhibitions, won scholarships for outstanding students of Normal University, won the second place in the department exhibition when I graduated, and won the school permanent collection award. Everything looks glamorous, but college is the most unhappy period in my life. I am eager for the world to recognize me, and I hope that every elder friend can like me, so I began to participate in various competitions and be a good student in the teacher's heart. I wholeheartedly pursue rankings, care about rankings and care about scores. I hope I can succeed as soon as possible and let the world see me. I want to please anyone, but in the eyes of others, I lost myself and became a completely disliked person. Depression bothered me for six years until I graduated from work, went abroad and went to graduate school. Life will not always be as beautiful as we expect. Isn't there a bright future after I graduate from college? To be number one, a wide road. On the eve of graduation in 2009, the global financial tsunami struck, and everyone in Taiwan Province Province was either unemployed or on unpaid leave. * * * The 22K policy started in my year. Ten years later, wages in Taiwan Province Province are still standing still. 22K is still the deepest setback for freshmen's work, and it is also the biggest thrust for brain drain in Taiwan Province Province. Are you ready for the long-term low-paying employment environment in Taiwan Province Province? Maybe, you haven't got a job yet, and you are preparing to teach Zhen. When many students, brothers and sisters of Normal University are admitted to jobs that are rarely released and become full-time teachers, they encounter more serious educational problems in the provincial capital of Taiwan Province, such as poor teaching of administrative work, busy day and night in educational evaluation, or frequent publicity of students' achievements and medals due to the pressure of enrollment. Glory to ................................................................................................ In my book, I invented a word "Shenzhu Aesthetics", which means that the fatter the Shenzhu, the more he respects the gods, even though his body and mind are greatly distorted. In fact, our children and adults are just like a pig to pursue the aesthetics of the god pig. We were forced to absorb knowledge to take the exam. The higher the score, the more valuable it is. People's achievements are like the weight of a pig, which determines everything in life ... I decided to stop this drama of endless pursuit, compare the achievements when I was young, compare the annual income, compare whose car is more expensive, compare who can buy a house earlier, compare who can get married earlier and compare who can have children as soon as possible. Everyone desperately wants to be "better than others". No matter how old you are, you can never compete, and pain will always exist. Psychologist Adler said: "You don't live to meet other people's expectations, and others don't live to meet your expectations. Don't care about other people's comments, and you don't need to seek others' approval. Think and accept yourself as you are. The only person you need to please is yourself. So, I began to accept my true self, and no longer let me feel my existence for the first time in order to meet the competition evaluation, customer requirements and social expectations. I even let my own shortcomings be seen, telling the past of depression, because I don't want to live blindly in the beautiful bubble of social software, I want to know others and myself from a true and correct distance. I don't want to be the most beautiful, successful and greatest person in the world. I just want to be my best version, so I put aside the burden of growing up in new york and created my fear and frustration about language. This kind of free and easy without hiding myself has won my works the favor of various design awards all over the world, and I began to participate in exhibitions, award ceremonies and international seminars all over the world. This is the result of my previous attempts to please and cater to others. Japanese architect Tadao Ando once said, "If you follow the majority, you will lose yourself. The only thing I can do is to continue what I want to do and live high. When you learn to accept yourself, the world will begin to recognize you, listen to you and respond to your true feelings. Dear brothers and sisters, you are the best of yourself. You don't need to compare with others. As long as you work hard, any ranking is the best ranking and any result is the best result. Please don't be kidnapped by social utility. I firmly believe that every effort you make, regardless of your achievements, is worthy of your pride. The third thing: the world may not be better, but you will be braver. This society may not be satisfactory, and the world will not suddenly become peaceful and beautiful because of your graduation at this moment. Like me, you may encounter the global financial tsunami, depression, sudden family changes, heavy loans, collapse and crying, and you may fall into a trough in your life and don't know where to go. I like a sentence very much: "life is like a tea egg, it tastes only when there are cracks." "Try to embrace the cracks in life and appreciate your own shortcomings. This is a meaningful taste that others can't copy, and it is also a delicious life that only you can cook. Only experience can grow and enrich life. Man's potential is infinite. Once they eat what others can't eat and do what others can't, they can enjoy everything others can't. Dear students, first, choose the person you want to be, and don't be overwhelmed by negative emotions; Second, compare with yourself, appreciate your true self, and stop pandering to the secular vision; Third, try to embrace the unfairness, imperfection and incompleteness in life, try to fill the ups and downs in the corner of society, and choose to be a kind person who is helpful. I wish all the students who graduated from 20 19 are their best versions. The world may not be better, but you will be braver, stronger and more fearless. Happy graduation, thank you! Original source/Jiang Mengzhi Facebook fan page Jiang Mengzhi || About Jiang Mengzhi Author: Jiang Mengzhi, American designer/writer/lecturer/runner. Pingtung, Taiwan Province Province. Graduated from the Design Group of Fine Arts Department of National Taiwan Province Normal University. He has won international design awards such as German Red Dot Communication Design Award, American IDA International Design Award, Macau Design Biennale Silver Award, Italian A' International Design Competition, American Adobe Excellence Design Award, British Lumen Award and Macau Design Biennale, and served as a judge of several design competitions.