Life is to be lived - The Last Lecture
As I was sitting on the plane, just after take off from Amsterdam I looked though a newspaper hungry for some news in English after a week of nothing but Spanish around me while in Barcelona. There wasn't much of interest to me unfortunately as it seems the world has not change much in a few days I was a little cut off, however I came across an amazing article about professor Randy Pausch and his now, world famous "Last Lecture". It was truly an inspiring story of a guy who has recently been diagnosed with a deadly form of pancreatic cancer and given only few months to live as the cancer also start to spread to his liver now. Expecting the worst, Randy Pausch decided to give the last talk, a lecture about life at the Carnegie University, where he is a professor of computer science, human interaction and design. The lecture was taped by the university and became worldwide phenomenon spreading like wildfire over the Web. So far over 6 million people watched it on place like YouTube. He has been invited to appear on many TV shows and now the lecture has been turned into a book. He has a truly fascinating way of approaching his personal situation and many people admire it. His words are truly inspiring for many, here are few points from the lecture:
- Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.
- Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
- No one is pure evil. Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.
- Brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop people who don't want it badly enough.
- It is not about achieving your dreams but living your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.
- We can't change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I am not as depressed as you think I should be, I am sorry to disappoint you.
You should be able to find the book on the store shelves this week as it was released on April 8th, 2008 and you may want to watch the full Last Lecture on YouTube (76 min. long). Here is great summery of his story done by Diane Sawyer this week on ABC:
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