Randy Pausch’s Last Speech (9)
I’ve been wanting to watch Randy Pausch’s “Last Speech” for the past few weeks, and I finally had the chance this evening during my six hour stay at Dulles International. The speech was incredible. The strangers sitting around me must have wondered what I was watching that would induce fits of laughter one moment and tears the next.
My favorite theme of the speech is the metaphorical brick wall and its true purpose in life. As Randy sees it, obstacles in life exist as filters to separate the mildly interested from the truly passionate. In his words, “…brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
All software developers, cancer survivors, families of cancer victims, artists, students, professors, dreamers and human beings should watch this video. Set aside an hour and forty five minutes of your time and prepare to be inspired.
An example of a brick wall: long legal process with several hearings.
An example of a brick wall: a video just shy of two hours that, despite its worthwhile content, will probably be watched in its entirety by only a handful of people.
It’s a great speech isn’t it? Loved it. Quite inspiring.
can\’t wait to hear it
can’t wait to hear this
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Thanks for the tip, you kinda have to agree that the first comment was funny
Great speach. See it. Now! The kind of balance this man represnt is something everybody should strive for.
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