Randy Pausch's Last Lecture

Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

I watched Randy Pausch's last lecture and it definitely was worth the hour spent. I feel like i actually learned alot just from his lecture. His lecture really touched my heart. At the beginning of the lecture we found out he had brain tumors and he was terminal and throughout the lecture i felt like i got to know him. By the end of the lecture i felt the overwhelming urge to cry. His lecture really inspired me greatly. It made me wish i had a mentor like Randy Pausch to help motivate and guide me into the person i want to become. His way of speaking and the way he motivates through his life and life experiences really made me think anything is possible.

The things he said made so much sense, but i had never thought of it before. What he was saying about bringing something to the table to make yourself valuable. That is completely true in all cases. The lecture made me start thinking of what i can bring to the table? What can make me a valuable person or part of society? Everything he said was genius. His quote, "experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted," really made me think. Experiences make up your life and you learn so much from them even if you didn't get exactly what you wanted. Maybe you end up with something even more in the end. Randy Pausch is all about living your life with values and morals. He believes in karma and that if you live your life this way everything will work out. One of his head fakes was how to lead your life while trying to obtain your dreams. Everything he says makes you want to achieve gold and to go about it the right way. Most people these days will do anything to get ahead in life, but he teaches his students to achieve their dreams the right way and it will be more gratifying in the end.

I love his theory about the brick wall. I know when i hit a brick wall my first thought is to give up. That is everyones' first thought. Take the easy way out. Randy Pausch says no! He says that a brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things and show our dedication. Pausch gives such good advice. He says that everyone needs help and you can't do it alone. That is so right. One way to fail is to be too proud to ask for help. He thinks that critics are good for you. When you are doing something wrong and people stop criticizing you to make you do better then they have given up on you. I never thought of it that way, but i would rather have a critic telling me what i am doing wrong so i can do better than not to have one because they have given up. Some more of Pausch's expert ways of going about life is to tell the truth, be earnest, apologize when you screw up, and focus on others, not yourself. This advice could lead you for an entire lifetime; a lifetime of no regret and achievement.

Basically Randy Pausch is saying to do the fundamentals, work hard, be honest, and bring something to the table to show your true potential. His students are some of the geniuses of the world now because of Pausch, his teachings, and his classes. He teaches his students in a way to open the imagination and take them to their true potential. While he is achieving this with his students he is teaching them lessons in how to go about living your life. Teaching students to have values and do the right thing. He teaches them to not give up because it is only a brick wall you have to break through. He has changed so many lives with his teachings and i just wish i could have known him and learned from him, but i feel like i have learned alot just from listening to his lecture. He has left such a legacy behind that maybe others' teaching and learning habits have changed from his example because if people went by his teachings and advice i believe everyone's life would be much better in careers and in life.