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The Last Lecture – Randy Pausch

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“The Last Lecture” has been published. I just picked up my copy at Costco.

Randy Pausch’s story was on TV by Diane Sawyer this last week. You should watch the 4 parts of the video on Youtube or on the ABC website. His is an inspirational story. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/LastLecture/

He is still fighting the good fight. His recent treatments have kicked him around as he explains “For those of you familiar with boxing, I would describe the weeks since my heart & kidney failure to be a “standing eight count.” I got knocked down pretty good and needed time to gather myself. Now I’m back on my feet; still a little wobbly, but ready to engage in the fight again.”

This video lasts 76 minutes.

“Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who is dying from pancreatic cancer, gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving talk, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more, visit www.cmu.edu/randyslecture.

“Journeys” are special University Lectures in which Carnegie Mellon faculty members share their reflections on their journeys — the everyday actions, decisions, challenges and joys that make a life.”

Written by forestdragon

Friday, April 11, 2008 at 14:45

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  1. How inspiring Randy Pausch is! If you liked “The Last Lecture”, another fantastic memoir I just read and highly recommend is “My Stroke of Insight” by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor. Her TEDTalk video (ted.com) has been seen as many times as The Last Lecture I think, and Oprah did 4 shows on her book, so there are a lot of similarities. In My Stroke of Insight, there’s a happy ending though. It’s an incredible story! I hear they’re making it into a movie.

    Shiela

    Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 23:05

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