Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pausch[3] (October 23, 1960 July 25, 2008) was an American professor of computer science and human-computer interaction and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pausch learned that he had pancreatic cancer, a terminal illness, in September of 2006. He gave an upbeat lecture entitled "The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" on September 18, 2007 at Carnegie Mellon, which became a popular YouTube video and led to other media appearances. He then co-authored a book called The Last Lecture on the same theme, which became a New York Times best-seller. Pausch died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008.
Quotes:
I probably got more from that dream and not accomplishing it than I got from any of the ones that I did accomplish.
Youve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isnt going to work.
Experience is what you get when you didnt get what you wanted.
The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who dont want it badly enough.
Its pretty easy to be smart when youre parroting smart people.
Its very important to know when youre in a pissing match. And its very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.
If youre going to do anything that pioneering you will get those arrows in the back, and you just have to put up with it.
You just have to decide if youre a Tigger or an Eeyore.
Loyalty is a two way street.
You cant get there alone. People have to help you and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth. Being earnest.
Ill take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.
Dont bail. The best of the golds at the bottom of barrels of crap.
Get a feedback loop and listen to it. Your feedback loop can be this dorky spreadsheet thing I did, or it can just be one great man who tells you what you need to hear. The hard part is the listening to it.
Be good at something, it makes you valuable.
Be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.
Its not about how to achieve your dreams. Its about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.
We don`t beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.
Quotes:
I probably got more from that dream and not accomplishing it than I got from any of the ones that I did accomplish.
Youve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isnt going to work.
Experience is what you get when you didnt get what you wanted.
The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who dont want it badly enough.
Its pretty easy to be smart when youre parroting smart people.
Its very important to know when youre in a pissing match. And its very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.
If youre going to do anything that pioneering you will get those arrows in the back, and you just have to put up with it.
You just have to decide if youre a Tigger or an Eeyore.
Loyalty is a two way street.
You cant get there alone. People have to help you and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth. Being earnest.
Ill take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term.
Dont bail. The best of the golds at the bottom of barrels of crap.
Get a feedback loop and listen to it. Your feedback loop can be this dorky spreadsheet thing I did, or it can just be one great man who tells you what you need to hear. The hard part is the listening to it.
Be good at something, it makes you valuable.
Be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.
Its not about how to achieve your dreams. Its about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.
We don`t beat the reaper by living longer, we beat the reaper by living well and living fully.