Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture

Posted by: Wei on: June 24, 2008

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“Achieving Your Childhood Dreams”

What would you do if you have only so little time left in life? Have you ever thought about it?
Would you appreciate life more than ever? Would your perception of time change?

Would you love your loved ones even more knowing that your time on earth is limited?

I’ll introduce you to one professor who “taught” life lessons and gave inspirations to lots of people, as some of his lectures are shared on the internet via Youtube. His infamous “Last Lecture” is shared and watched by many.

Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” on Oprah

10min video (at Youtube.com)
[Note: total filesize 23.64MB]

Here’s the long version of his last lecture:

Randy Pausch’s
Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

76min video (at Youtube.com)
[Note: total filesize 177MB]

His point about “the brick wall”, to keep those unworthy aside, will amaze you about how true that truly is in real life. You have to struggle, do your best and show how badly you want something or even someone, and how serious, how determined you are to achieve it.

“Randy’s Time Management Lecture”

I’ve also watched his other “uber-interesting” presentation on “Time Management” [click here for the HTML version], wow, it was unexpectedly funny and life-changing. You should hear about his “life-work balance”. If you’re single you feel like you have all the time in the world, but actually… Just watch the lecture and hear the rest

Randy Pausch’s
Time Management presentation

76min video (at video.google.com)
[Note: total filesize 177MB]

I’ve once tried presenting the same subject, but didn’t manage to catch the crowd’s attention. You can find the presentation file at slideshare.net, though.

My advice is go to Prof. Pausch’s homepage if you haven’t done so and watch his presentations, you won’t regret it.

Time is your most valuable resource that you cannot buy back. He sure made his point about opportunity cost. I simply can’t imagine that coming out of a Computer Science Professor.

References:

• Randy Pausch’s Home Page
• Randy Pausch – The 2008 TIME 100, Heroes and Pioneers
• Randy Pausch @ Wikipedia
• The Legacy of Randy Pausch and His Lecture Videos

Tags: inspiration, last lecture, management, Randy Pausch, time, youtube