Randy Pausch is a very well know faculty member at the Carnegie for his contributions in the field of virtual reality. One year ago he was diagnosed with cancer, and after a long and difficult fight he's been given just a few months to live. Watch his departing speech titled "How to Live Your Childhood Dreams" which was nothing short of inspirational and tremendously moving. Slightly lengthy though but worth every minute watching, here is the link to the page where you can find talk link (its a wmv file which would play in your windows media player)
http://www.metafilter.com/64880/Randy-Pauschs-Last-Lecture
Some lessons from Randy Pausch’s last lecture :
1. Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.
2. Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
3. Never lose the child-like wonder.
4. If we do something which is pioneering, we will get arrows in the back. But at the end of the day, a whole lot of people will have a whole lot of fun.
5. Be good at something; it makes you valuable.
6. If you live your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, and the dreams will come to you.
Venkat
Some lessons from Randy Pausch’s last lecture :
1. Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.
2. Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
3. Never lose the child-like wonder.
4. If we do something which is pioneering, we will get arrows in the back. But at the end of the day, a whole lot of people will have a whole lot of fun.
5. Be good at something; it makes you valuable.
6. If you live your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, and the dreams will come to you.
Venkat
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