{"id":3414,"date":"2008-11-15T19:56:37","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T01:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conradaskland.com\/blog\/?p=3414"},"modified":"2008-11-15T21:22:35","modified_gmt":"2008-11-16T03:22:35","slug":"randy-pausch-last-lecture-achieving-your-childhood-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conradaskland.com\/blog\/randy-pausch-last-lecture-achieving-your-childhood-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo<\/p>\n<p><span>Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 &#8211; July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, &#8220;Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,&#8221; Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At the time of this lecture in September 2007, Randy had been given six months to live. He died in July 2008. The &#8220;last lecture&#8221; is a type of presentation professors give from a viewpoint as if it is the last lecture they could ever give. What would they say? what would you say?<\/p>\n<p>I had heard about this lecture, it&#8217;s very famous now for inspiring people. My Mother made me promise to watch it. So here it is along with a list of the quotes I liked best from the lecture.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, in Randy&#8217;s famous lecture here he refers to Cirque Du Soleil. Is this lecture a big deal? Well, it has almost 8 million views on YouTube&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quotes from the video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span>&#8220;Brick walls are there for a reason &#8211; they let us prove how badly we want things.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Have something to bring to the table, it will make you more welcome.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>When you&#8217;re screwing up and nobody is correcting you, that means they&#8217;ve given up.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Experience is what you get when you didn&#8217;t get what you wanted.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Most of what we learn, we learn indirectly (or by &#8220;head fake&#8221;).<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>The best way to &#8220;head fake&#8221; someone in education, is to have them learn something while they think they are learning something else.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>It&#8217;s easy to be smart when you&#8217;re parroting smart people.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Wait long enough, and people will surprise and impress you.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>It&#8217;s important to know when you&#8217;re in a pissing match, and to get out of it as soon as possible.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>When it&#8217;s time to pass the torch, find someone better than yourself.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>The best gift and educator can give is to make people self-reflective.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Respect authority while questioning it.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Decide if you&#8217;re Tigger or Eeyore.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Never lose the childlike wonder.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Help others.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>It&#8217;s kind of fun to do the impossible.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Loyalty is a two way street.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>You can&#8217;t get there alone, people have to help you.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Tell the truth.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Be earnest.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Apologize when you screw up.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Focus on other people, not on yourself.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Brick walls let us show our dedication.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Don&#8217;t bail. The best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Get a feedback loop, and LISTEN to it! Cherish it and use it.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Show gratitude.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Don&#8217;t complain, just work harder.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Be good at something, it makes you valuable.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Work hard. (And people will ask &#8220;what&#8217;s your secret?&#8221;)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it. You may have to wait a long time, sometimes years. But people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting, no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everyone has a good side. Eventually it will come out.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity. (Or as my mother would say: &#8220;Luck is the residue of a good design.&#8221;)<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>You can acheive your own dreams, or enable the dreams of others.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>The final &#8220;head fake&#8221; of this entire lecture: This lecture is not about how to achieve your dreams, it&#8217;s 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.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span>Have you figured out the second head fake? This talk is not for you, it&#8217;s for my kids&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>For more, visit www.cmu.edu\/randyslecture. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 &#8211; July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. 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