Dr. Randy Pausch’s “How to Live Your Childhood Dreams”
The following quotes were pulled from Dr. Randy Pausch’s “How
to Live Your Childhood Dreams” lecture. He is a computer-science professor at
“Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”
“The brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things.”
“Wait long enough and people will impress you.”
“Don’t bail: the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap.”
“I will fix this.”
“Get a feedback loop and listen to it.”
“Be prepared: ‘luck’ is where preparation meets opportunity”
“Be good at something; it makes you valuable.”
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 www.mystudiyo.com : you can add your own questions at the end of the quiz.
http://www.mystudiyo.com/activity.php?act=558
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Dr. Pausch has an interesting way of viewing the world. Thanks for your comments.
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