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The Very Inspiring Last Lecture of a Dying Professor!
January 23rd, 2008 | 6 commentsI know this video has been going around for a while, but if you haven’t had a chance to take a look I recommend you do.
It’s of Randy Pausch, a Computer Science Professor at Carnegie-Mellon University who was suffering from Pancreatic Cancer and died just weeks after giving his “last Lecture.”
Just about the whole lecture was extremely inspiring to me, but one part stood out:
“Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren’t there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things…the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough!”
– Randy Pausch
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24th January, 2008 at 2:06 am
It is a great story, I posted about it previously http://engineering.curiouscatblog.net/2007/09/20/cmu-professor-gives-his-last-lesson-on-life/
24th January, 2008 at 3:59 am
With all due respect, I believe Randy Pausch is still alive. Check this link to his web page: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/news/index.html
I listened to this lecture a few days ago. It is quite entertaining and inspiring, and would be even if he didn’t have cancer.
24th January, 2008 at 5:23 am
Good deal, that’s great. I guess I just assumed he passed away after hearing the story. Definitely a great lecture and someone who seems to have given alot to the World.
24th January, 2008 at 1:26 pm
You’re right, this is a very inspirational lecture. Glad to hear he’s still alive too!
26th January, 2008 at 11:49 am
And if you have not already seen it “The Secret” I something you will love to watch when in need of some inspiration when your feeling down. With similar points to the above, Good thoughts equal good things…
27th January, 2008 at 9:46 am
I put off watching this video for a long time, since I got the link to it.
Thanks for the reminder to finally watch it; it’s an inspiring one indeed.
Makes us all think twice when we complain about our own circumstances