你真的失去了被打动的能力吗?
I have been doing the same job for the past 28 years. I have been with the same company doing different things, with different responsibilities at different management levels but at the end all are related to the same common thing: Tile!
在过去的28年里我一直在做同样的工作。我一直在同一家公司工作,做不同的事情,承担不同的责任,处于不同的管理级别,但到最后所有的事情还都和一件事情有关:瓷砖。
Sometimes I say to different people I know or in conferences that I could very well be the person that has been to the most ceramic factories in the world in different countries like Brazil, China, USA, Mexico, Italy, Spain, Turkey and even to countries like Germany and Colombia. I have also been to so many headquarter showrooms as well in these countries and to many, many different retail stores of many different brands that I lost count, I have visited tile warehouses, I have seen so many different tile projects, so many different design companies that I could make a list and get to the thousands.
有时候我会和不同的人聊起,或者在一些会议上提起,我很可能是世界上到过最多陶瓷工厂的人,我去过不同国家的工厂像巴西,中国,美国,墨西哥,意大利,西班牙,土耳其甚至去过像德国和哥伦比亚这样的国家。 在这些国家当中,我还去过很多的总部展厅以及数不胜数的品牌的零售店。我参观过很多的瓷砖仓库,看过各种各样的瓷砖工程,设计公司,如果我要列个表的话,可能要上千了。
And what happens after you have seen so many things related to tile?
那么当你看过这么多关于瓷砖的事情之后发生了什么呢?
Do you really lose your ability to get impressed? Could this be possible?
你真的失去了被打动的能力了吗?这可能吗?
Just when I thought it was, I got kind of a wakeup call when I recently visited a neighbor country and went to see their business. Wow! Not only I was impressed, I was astonished by their operation, showrooms, warehouses, products, etc. In general the whole thing!
就在我这么认为的时候。我最近参观一个邻国同行的企业,就像是接到了一个叫醒电话。哇!不止是被打动了,我被他们的运营,展厅,仓库,产品,可以说是所有的事情震撼到了。
With things not related to the ceramic business, the last time this happened to me was when I visited the Great Wall of China for the first time. When you travel a lot like I used to do in years back to many world countries you see so many beautiful things like the Eifel Tower, The Coliseum of Rome, The Bosporus in Istanbul, The Mayan Pyramids in Mexico, The Canals in Venice, and so on, that after you have seen all of these it is extremely hard to get impressed again. Well I did get very impressed again when I visited the Great Wall and I was lucky it was a very clear day. I was able to witness the most impressive construction ever done by human kind.
关于那些和瓷砖业务无关的事情,最近一次让我感到震撼的是,当我第一次爬上中国万里长城。当你像我一样,在过去一些年里到世界各地旅行,看过很多美丽的事物像埃菲尔铁塔,罗马斗兽场,伊斯坦布尔海峡,墨西哥的玛雅金字塔,威尼斯的运河等等之后,你很难再被轻易打动了。然而当我登上长城的时候,我被深深地震撼了。那一天天气非常好,我能够看到人类完成的最令人印象深刻的建筑。
Going back to the ceramic tile business……..If I told you 10 years ago that in the future (Now) there was going to be possible to make tile 1.2 meters wide by 3 meters long in 4-5 mm thickness you would probably believe I was crazy or doing drugs or something. But it is real and it is being produced now!
回到瓷砖行业吧。。。。如果我10年之前告诉你将来(指今天)会有可能生产1.2米宽,3米长,4-5mm厚的瓷砖,你可能认为我是疯了或者是吃错药了。但是现在这是真的,可以生产出来了。
The last thing that really changed the way ceramic tile is manufactured and that impressed everyone was the digital printing machine.
最近一次真正改变了瓷砖生产方式,并且给所有人都留下深刻印象的事情是喷墨打印机。
What do you think would be the next thing that will change our industry? Or the thing that will impress everyone? Would it be 3D printing? Printing any color at any intensity like deep red, orange colors? Printing other raw materials rather than inks only?
你认为下一个会改变我们行业的事情是什么呢?或者说什么是能够让所有人都感到震撼的事情?会是3D打印吗?或是可以打印任何浓度的任何颜色比如深红,桔黄等?或者是不仅仅用墨水打印,还可以使用其它原材料打印?
Do not be surprised if it happens anytime soon!
如果很快这些发生的话也不要感到惊奇!
I may have lost some ability to get impressed with the years but I was very glad to be surprised and impressed with this last trip. It is a great feeling that I hope I never lose!
这些年我可能失去了一些被打动的能力,但是我非常高兴在这一次行程里被惊喜和打动。这种感觉非常棒,我希望永远也不要失去。
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