To Mature For Fears

本文来自和谐英语网友 马晓阳.

A few years ago, the famous moderator Yang Lan quit her job in CCTV with great determination despite of her having reached the “glass ceiling” of her career, and went abroad for further education, which made many people much confused.

Recently, Yang appeared in the official inauguration ceremony of the News and Media College of Xiamen University and told the reason of her separation. It was what happened before the annual CCTV Spring Festival Evening Party one year. There were six moderators, after several rehearsals, the chief director decided not to arrange one female moderator who was much famous at that time to appear on the stage. Not having got any announcement for this in advance, that moderator came to the making-up room with her grand toilette cheerfully to wait for continuing with the rehearsals. However, the dresser told her that her name hadn’t appeared on the list. Having understood what had happened, that moderator left, extremely depressed. “I was sitting nearby at that moment, and I could almost foresee what my future would be.” Yang said. “I said to myself at that time: How much of your current success can be attributed to your diligence but for the platform that opportunity and atmosphere have set for you?” So Yang took quitting for her choice.

In her words, she left for fears, for feeling of without control of her own fate. Extremely famous or glorious as you are, you might be worth nothing just for a piece of word of someone other’s. It was from that time that she felt she should ground herself in her career and not be addicted to flowers and applauses any more. So she quit her job for to search for maturity, to further her education. Then she innovated her own career planning and set up platform for herself, thus being well control of her own fate.