Sunday, July 27, 2008

Randy Pausche - Full of Zeal and Much Inspiration

I posted about Randy a while back. Rather than write my own words I found this on "get rich slowly" posted by J.D. which describes what I might have written:

"Last summer, Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, learned that the pancreatic cancer he was fighting had metastasized, and that he only had months to live. A few weeks later, he delivered his “last lecture”, a talk meant to impart the wisdom he’d gained during his lifetime.

Pausch’s presentation, entitled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” was a huge internet phenomenon, and was downloaded more than 10,000,000 times. Many Get Rich Slowly readers sent me links to the video. I watched it twice (and bought the book), but I never wrote about it. I’m not sure why not. It had a profound impact on me. It’s inspiring. It’s full of zest for life and praise for dreams.
Randy Pausch died this morning (yesterday - my note) at age 47. Here is the complete video of his “last lecture”"

I am buying his book and followed his online journal for the past six months...

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