We are not born to do one thing in life

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ladies and gentlemen good afternoon i am

josephine linger

it’s my pleasure to be here today today

i would like to share you a story about

one two three four five six seven

from one to seven it is not just a

string of numbers

in its mathematical sense

in the view of music levels these

numbers

are notes known as

doremi

the building blocks of all the music i

grew up with these seven notes

spending more than ten thousand hours

practicing percussion since childhood

i have won a lot of the world’s most

prestigious prizes

and with his experiences

of over a thousand performances on stage

now i can be very proud to say that

i became the best version of myself

as a percussionist thank you

but um i

now i ask myself

for these numbers or the notes

are the everything of my life no

the life i want should not be defined

by only one identity nor restricted

within one field

life is just like a beautiful music

which is so much more than just a rhythm

that’s why i decided to go get a second

master degree in finance

right after obtaining my first one in

music

many people around me were shocked by my

decision

and didn’t believe i could achieve this

in their view finance was for someone

but not me because you need a solid

background in math however

i have got my own conviction so long as

i have set my own

goal i will head for it

at a full steam despite all the

hardships

it would entail all along the way

so in the end i gained the finance

degree with tremendous work

from down to midnight

and also with distinction

it was through those thank you

you’re so kind it was through all these

hard works

and that i succeeded and also was able

to

develop my finance career later

music has always been my love while

finance

my passion our life is full of

possibilities

awaiting to be created and embraced

so the best part what we supposed to do

is

try our best to seize every opportunity

and use our talent life given to us

by doing this everything we want

will happen naturally and beautifully

the past year was full of challenge

in 2020 many concerts were brought

online

i studied to learn how to use recording

equipment

edit audio and video files

also fiddle with sound card to play

electronic music

it was in those days that i picked up

and brushed up these skills

i no longer cared about whether i was in

a gorgeous gun or

how grand a theater was

but i tried to look inward

to settle down my own mind and dive into

wonderful music

only in this way would i be able to show

the entire world

my love passion joy and

unfair this and optimism by my music

looking back the past year was special

and

with lots of surprises but

it’s just like a new note added to the

music

of my life to code

hamlet oh god i could be bounded in a

nutshell

and count myself a king of infinite

space

well it would be better

to break the nutshell in the first place

to imbue our life with

new possibilities

and this is my definition of

plus one possibility that makes

us better let’s take a look at

one two three four five six seven again

it can represent a math puzzle in

finance

or a skill in music if this music

then there should always be another

notes right after each one

and the same goes to our life

it is the plus one possibility

that makes our life unpredictable

right but more attractive

before i wrap up my speech today i’d

like to express my

hope for 2021 hopefully

the concerts all over the world will

open up and take place as usual

allowing people stay closer to each

other

to communicate connect and interact

with one another in melodic and harmonic

music

thank you

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