"If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself," Pausch said. "The dreams will come to you."
Randy Pausch, the professor at Carnegie Mellon University who inspired countless students in the classroom and others worldwide through his highly acclaimed last lecture, died of complications from pancreatic cancer on July 25, 2008. He was 47.
Randy Pausch's documented life in last 10 months or so made me wonder and think - "how can a person have such a tremendous amount of courage and positive attitude while dealing with maybe the most tough time of his life". He proves and teaches us that it is the quality of life which matters than the quantity (length) of life.
May Randy's soul rest in eternal peace.
Manish Desai.
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Pausch delivered his "Last Lecture," titled "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," at Carnegie Mellon on September 18, 2007. This talk was modeled after an ongoing series of lectures where top academics are asked to think deeply about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk", i.e., "what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?"
A month before giving the lecture, Pausch had received a prognosis that the pancreatic cancer with which he had been diagnosed a year earlier was terminal. Before speaking, Pausch received a long standing ovation from a large crowd of over 400 colleagues and students. When he motioned them to sit down, saying, "Make me earn it," some in the audience shouted back, "You did!"
During the lecture Pausch was upbeat and humorous, shrugging off the pity often given to those diagnosed with terminal illness. At one point, to prove his own vitality, Pausch dropped down and did push-ups on stage. He offered insights on computer science and engineering education, multi-disciplinary collaborations, and working in groups and interacting with other people. Pausch also offered his listeners inspirational life advice that can be applied to one's professional and personal life.
Source: Wikipedia
2 comments:
Repost from an email I received directly.
"Manish,
a good start to ur Blog! Randy Pausch link stops after a while, but could find another on You Tube & I found it one of the most inspirational videos I have seen. Fantastic! Will surely try to lay my hands on the other books you mentioned.
Thanx very much for Proff. Pausch link again. DO keep us briefing whenever you update ur blog."
Thanks for your kind words. I have also created "Last Lecture" link in "Links of Interest". Truly an amazing individual.
I will keep you posted whenever I update the blog. You may also want to consider subscribing to "posts" or "comments" or both on my blog.
Keep in touch.
Manish.
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