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When I first started creating content online,

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I discover that

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my most productive hours

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is in early morning.

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So,

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I wake up at 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning

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and start brainstorming.

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This habit

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has sticked for almost 10 years.

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For me,

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this is the most efficient working status.

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I started my own business

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when I was at a younger age.

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After experiencing failure for several times

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at that time,

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I was trapped in

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an 8-figure debt.

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It had a great influence

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on me.

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Because originally, I was a young entrepreneur

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who was being envied by others.

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And all of a sudden,

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I became a loser disdained by everyone.

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But this is where my motivation comes from.

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That is,

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there is no turning back.

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So, it pushes me to look for

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opportunities and possibilities online.

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I grasped an opportunity in creating a character, Mark.

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My observation toward blog on the internet

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was that bloggers at that time

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tended to share experiences

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about their daily life.

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At that time in Taiwan, there was no

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typical intellectual property about work life.

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So, I thought

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it might be an opportunity.

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I then decided to create a blog about workplace.

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Mark is a new graduate,

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who just has his first job.

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Mark must be a punching bag.

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He has small eyes and looks unlucky.

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He has a brush cut,

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which provides higher visibility.

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In fact, I have each character’s appearance

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readily in mind.

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I want to use a self-deprecation or

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a dark humor kind of way

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to present depressing things

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happening in workplace,

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or in everyday life.

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I hope that when readers encounter

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these situations

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they can learn to be like Mark,

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who enjoys the hardships.

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So that they can find possibilities and opportunities.

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I had also been through the situations,

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and I want to convey the spirit through Mark.

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The inspiration of a content creator,

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majorly comes from his own experiences in life.

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At the beginning,

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I took my own stories

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that I experienced in workplace

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as my content.

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But it ran out pretty soon.

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Because

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I personally think,

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even if a person lives life to the full

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his experiences are still limited.

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Then gradually,

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observation becomes my reflex action.

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I observe all the people.

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His clothes.

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His body language.

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Or when he talks to a person beside him,

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in fact, I’d fabricate

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his life story.

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And I’d observe message leaking out from the person.

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Since

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people have different personalities,

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different background,

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and different education.

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Therefore, they speak differently.

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As a content creator,

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sometimes the most important thing

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is to detach your contents from yourself.

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You have to treat yourself as a pure observer,

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who doesn’t have subjective point of view.

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This helps me to break away from myself

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when I’m creating content.

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So that I can be an all-round creator.

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Observing others

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is also necessary.

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But,

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for deeper ideas

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you still have to dig out by yourself.

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I drew this once.

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I had a project where

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I introduced 360 different occupations.

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Through interviews,

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I sorted out materials

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using images and words.

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I introduce these occupations to my readers

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and show them the pros and cons of each occupation.

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Each occupation has aspects deserved to be respected.

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While creating these contents,

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I’ve known

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people and occupations

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I never thought that

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I’d ever come into contact with.

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I can bring these contents

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to my readers.

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The content brings different

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sparks into my life.

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I think there are indeed various obstacles needed

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to be conquered in different stages.

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In early days, I felt that

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if I created

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contents on my own,

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my limitation will be the limitation of this IP.

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I thought that it’d have no future.

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So, I started to seek

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cooperation with

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new content creators.

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Because they join the team,

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there comes lots of new possibilities

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for Mark.

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These aren’t something that I can

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achieve on my own.

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In the process of creating content,

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the right thing that I choose to do

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is to cooperate with a team.

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And I have also tried

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lots of different things and

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cooperated with different disciplines.

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I’ve cooperated with Godot Theatre Company.

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Together we made a new play.

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I’m your new colleague, Mark.

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You are here to set up the web design?

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I am here to be set up.

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Sitting among the audiences,

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when I heard

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the person next to me laughing out loud

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because of the performance

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I became extremely happy and proud.

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I thought

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it was really nice to cooperate with a theatre

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and to produce new possibilities.

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In my opinion, passion is what motivates a creator

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to continue to produce quality content.

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I love creating content

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and drawing because

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these are the only things that I’m good at.

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This is where my passion lies.

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I’ve always known clearly that

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whatever I do, I will never

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stray far from the things I love.

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I do them simply

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because it’s fun.

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Lastly, I would like to

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share with you: