The seventh BFAevent.en was held in Taipei, on January 13th. The Featured Speaker was Lee, who is the MAJI square business consultant. He defined himself as a slashie because he could do product design, graphic design, brand consulting, and venue management. At the same time, Lee had to take care of his three babies. The story began in 2008, after Lee completed his military service. He couldn’t even get a job or have any chance to interview because of the financial crisis. However, he seized every chance that may bring the income. Though he studied product design, but if anyone who needed logo design, Lee would go for it. Luckily, soon Lee got a part-time job which was the assistant of the CEO of Hwataoyao, which is a beautiful garden where you can experience Taiwanese culture by making pottery. Later, the CEO introduced him to work in Huashan 1914, where used to be a wine factory but now with many shops for designers and restaurants. Lee became an expert in culture and creative industry. His experience helped him become the consultant of MAJI Square where supermarkets, bookstores, restaurants, and shops of lifestyle brands gathered. Because his third kid was born in 2018, he had to spend more time looking after the children. Lee made some adjustments of his working hours so that he could still work as the consultant and take good care of his family. 

1 月 13 日，簡報小聚英文版第七場在台北遠見領袖中心舉辦。這次的 Featured Speaker 是 MAJI 廣場業務顧問 Lee。他將自己定義為斜槓者，因為他可以從事產品設計，圖形設計，品牌諮詢和場地管理。同時，Lee 還要照顧他的三個孩子。故事的開始是在 2008 年，Lee 服完兵役後，剛好碰上金融危機，他找不到工作或參加任何面試。但是，他抓住了一切可能帶來收入的機會。儘管他學的是產品設計，但是如果有人需要商標設計，Lee 都會接下這些案子。很幸運地，不久之後 Lee 獲得了一份兼職工作，是華陶窯 CEO 的特助，華陶窯是一個美麗的園林，人們可以在那裡做陶藝，體驗台灣文化。後來，CEO 推薦他去華山 1914工作，華山 1914 曾是一家酒廠，現在有許多設計師的商店和餐廳。Lee 成為文化和創意產業的專家。他的經驗幫助他成為 MAJI Square 的顧問，MAJI Square 聚集了超級市場、書店、餐廳和生活品牌商店。在 2018 年，Lee 的第三個孩子出生了，他需要花比較多的時間照顧孩子，因此，Lee 對工作時間做了一些調整，讓他仍然可以當顧問並照顧好家人。

From Lee’s sharing we could generate two ideas. The first one was that if we wanted to share our life story, we could create a timeline. Then people could follow the story step by step. Once they could follow the timeline, they would be touched easily. The second idea was that every road was worth taken. Lee’s summary of his speech was to keep moving. We should say yes to the challenges and difficulties.

透過 Lee 的分享，我們可以得到兩個結論。第一個是，如果我們想分享生活故事，我們可以拉一個時間軸，然後人們可以逐步跟著故事情節的發展，一旦聽眾能夠遵循時間表，他們就會容易受到感動。第二個結論是每一條路都是值得走的，Lee 的演講重點是要我們繼續前進，我們要勇於面對挑戰和困難。

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