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Inspiration: Last lecture

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch, who became a YouTube phenomenon with his "Last Lecture," died Friday of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47.

He gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. As of today, the YouTube video has been viewed 3,241,377 times. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

What would you do differently if you knew you had only a short time to live?

Living Well

Posted by Scott Sehlhorst at 2008-07-29 11:55 AM
There's also a recording of his final commencement speech this year, and among many things, a message that resonates with me: "You don't cheat death by living longer, you cheat death by living well."

As great as that last lecture is, as soon as you finish watching it, go check out the final commencement speech.

I wish he had been teaching at Carnegie Mellon 20 years earlier, I would have loved to have been exposed to him.

Living Well

Posted by Steve Johnson at 2008-08-04 11:52 AM
Here is a good link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYv5x6gZTA