“Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” is the topic of his last lecture on the 18th Sep 2007 in Carnegie Mellon University. He is a professor in Computer Science, and he has been involved in EA games and Google’s software, and a huge icon in virtual reality.
I do not know any of those information about him beforehand; instead my attention is caught when I read the news this morning that he is dying from pancreatic cancer but yet has just delivered a very inspirational and full-of-humor lecture about life. He does not stop working after knowing he has about 6 more months of good health to go, instead he tells his audiences that he has achieved most of his dreams by now and he wants to share all the lessons he has learned. “It’s not about how to achieve your dream, but how to lead your life. You lead your life the right way, karma will take care itself, the dreams will come to you.” It is really a good lecture, and I wish I can share with anyone I know.
http://www.cmu.edu/homepage/multimedia/randy-pausch-lecture.shtml
Good luck Professor!
Some lessons from Randy Pausch’s last lecture that especially moved me:
1. Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.
2. Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
3. Never lose the child-like wonder.
4. If we do something which is pioneering, we will get arrows in the back. But at the end of the day, a whole lot of people will have a whole lot of fun.
5. Be good at something; it makes you valuable.
6. If you live your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, and the dreams will come to you.
Check out the tribute quiz on the lecture at http://www.mystudiyo.com : you can add your own questions at the end of the quiz.
http://www.mystudiyo.com/activity.php?act=558