Lessons On Living... From Randy Pausch

 

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"Brick walls make us prove how badly we want things. They stop those who don't want it badly enough." ~Randy Pausch

Every time I see or hear Randy Pausch, I am filled with mixed emotions. He is such a phenomenal person! And although I marvel at his humanity and the legacy he is living, I am so deeply upset that his space on the planet will one day be physically empty.
Recently I was over at Joel Christopher's Master List Building site and he had this video there. How can a person with so little time live larger, better and share more about living life fully than most of us?
During the lecture, Randy shows a photo of himself as the "child dreamer," and you can still sense this in him as an adult. His incredible strength as he faces the future with the same boyish wonder, has not only made him a hero to me, but to millions of others around the world as well.
At one point, Randy mentions a professor who had "Dutch Uncled" him. It feels like he has found a way to return the favor by presenting this life altering message to a starving world.
Randy Pausch inspires me to be a better person. Using my life and talents to make a difference in the world on a massive scale is one of my dreams. I hope you too, will be uplifted to make a difference in someone's life today.

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"Don't Bail. The Best Gold Is At The Bottom Of Barrels Of Crap." ~ Selected from the video

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, living his final days making a difference in the lives of others. I posted a video from this phenomenal man a while back. YouTube site where the video originated from, it's disturbing to see several people questioning the motives, soul and integrity of the speaker. Others felt he should be delivering a "nobler or more philosophical" message as these were, after all, some of the last words he would speak. Featured on one of the major networks, many viewers felt his situation was exploited for the sake of ratings. Are we really that desperate for entertainment? I truly hope not. Maybe we should all be considering doing something as monumental as Blog Action Day, in that united, perhaps we can bring about more focused and positive changes in society and the world. Anyway, I'm a supporter of making your life matter, and I think it's awesome that Randy Pausch was making an impact long before his illness. Here's an entry of his last lecture, followed by links to the other segments. Randy Pausch Lecture No. 2 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 0 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 0 continued Randy Pausch Lecture No. 1 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 2 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 3 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 4 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 5 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 6 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 7 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 8 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 9 Randy Pausch Lecture No. 10 Celebrate Survival!

"I Give Thanks That Every Day In Every Way I Am Growing Richer And Richer. Let There Be Peace Within My Walls And Prosperity Within My Palaces." ~Catherine Ponder (Psalms 122:7)

Are You Building Your Foundation of Success: Six Secrets of Motivating Yourself for Success by Ed Sykes Are you creating your foundation of success? Are you motivated to take on challenges that others are not willing to do? The following is a story of someone who did and achieved great success in his life and how you can, too! There once was a young man who grew up in Crawford, Mississippi. His father worked as a brick mason building home foundations. Everyday after school and during the summers, this young man would help his father build foundations. It's not the most glamorous job by any stretch of the imagination, but it's an honest, backbreaking, and low paying job that put food on the table and paid the bills. The father would start by throwing bricks towards the son in the area where they would build a housing foundation. Under the hot, sweltering Mississippi sun, his son would catch brick after brick with his hands, day after day. While most other kids were enjoying their summers or working in less strenuous jobs, this young man was motivated to work long and hard with his father, while catching those bricks and building a foundation for success in more ways than one. You see, each time that young man caught bricks, he was not only making his hands stronger, he was building character and the foundation for success in his later years. Do you know what famous and popular person this young man grew into? Find out in part 2 tomorrow.

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