Just imagine this hypothetical situation :If you woke up one morning discovering that you are suffering from a deadly disease without cure and it would kill you within months...then what would be your reaction ??
No doubt, Most of us would slip into a deep depression ... will be busy in counting the remaining days under the shadow of fear and pain .
But there is an exception to every rule ....this guy was not afraid that he is gonna die within months instead wanted his legacy to be that he died empty.he wanted to ensure that all his love, ideas, energy, creativity had been used up so that he had no regrets...wonderful !!
Well...its all about an exceptional story about Randy Paush,a computer-science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Randy was told last August (2007) ,that his pancreatic cancer had spread and he had just three to six months to live.
Instead of Getting in to depression...he thought different...This dying man decided to taught the world how to live..he is not like most people, though. In September 2007, this computer science expert delivered a remarkable lecture to students at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh...and rest is the history.
On July 25, Randy Pausch died of Pancreatic Cancer. But his a hour-long speech ,popularly known as the "The Last Lecture"has since changed many lives, touched millions of people across the world and still inspiring the entire mankind .
Just checkout these some Excerpts from Dr. Randy Pausch's Last Lecture:
" Remember, the 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. ..."
"Loyalty is a two-way street."
"Never give up."
"You get people to help you by telling the truth. Being earnest. I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term."
"Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself."
" Get a feedback loop and listen to it. ... Anybody can get chewed out. It's the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. ... When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it."
" Show gratitude."
" Don't complain. Just work harder."
" Be good at something, it makes you valuable."
"Find the best in everybody. ... No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side; just keep waiting, it will come out."
"And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity. "
Thanks to you tube ..i found a video of his "Last Lecture", its worth watching ...There are life lessons for all of us.
Link : http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&eurl=http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/
and in case, if you are interested in downloading transcript of his last lecture [.pdf]...please follow the below link ;
Link :http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/Randy/pauschlastlecturetranscript.pdf
Well ...and another guy inspired all of us with his wonderful thoughts is Steve jobs , please check with previous post named "'You've got to find what you love Jobs says.." in this blog.
And its nice to know that so many people liked my blog ...i got a good response from all of my friends in Bangalore,UK,Germany and Korea...Thanks a lot for that :-).Woha...my blog is going international.
And One of my friend asked me about the video of the Standford Commencement address by Steve Jobs..Here we go,i fund this one in you tube too.
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA
I personally feel that these Two great forces of nature came to earth to gave us the great lessons about "Positive Thinking"...and each one is powerful and thought provoking in their own way.:-)
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