Blog Post #7

Randy Pausch's last lecture is very inspiring. In his last months of his life, due to cancer, he presents his last lecture. I cannot even image how hard living your life knowing that your time is running out would really be. However, he remains so positive of the cards that are being dealt to him. I really admire him so much for giving this lecture in his unfortunate circumstances. In this lecture he talks about his childhood dreams and the lessons he learned from being a professor.

He starts by listing his childhood dreams that has had an affect on his life. Each of his dreams taught me a whole different lesson. He talks about dreaming of being in the NFL and his love for football. He played football and one of his coaches taught Randy and myself a valuable lesson that has never left my mind. He said that if you are messing up and people stop correcting you then you know they have given up on you. So, it is so important to always keep trying and always be accepting of constructive criticism. Although he did not make it to the NFL he states this quote. "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted". Which I thought this was perfect because it just taught him more experience.

He also talks about his adventure he sets out in becoming an Imagineer at Disney Land. He says that when he visited as a child he knew he just didn't want to attend he wanted to create the things there. So as he grew older and received his PHD he applied and got turned down. Which brings up his inspiring theory of the brick wall. He states "Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things." This is so true and tells the lesson anyone can do anything depending on how much you want it. Randy did get to work at Disney, so that goes to show how determined he really is. He knows what he wants and he makes it happen. This is such a good quality to have and I yet again admire him for this.

While Randy Pausch was a professor he created a course called Building Virtual Worlds. The course used high technology such as what was used at Disney to create virtual worlds. This course immediately become a success. His whole idea was for students childhood dreams to become a reality. This course grew so much attention and was viewed by so many people from all over. It gave the students the excitement to put on the show to make those who viewed it excited. It created a bonding amongst the students that was really cool. This course only led to more and exciting things. He really went full force for the things he enjoyed.

Randy truly has done some amazing things in his life. This video has taught me so many valuable lessons just by him talking about his life lessons. We all have dreams, and it is so important to never forget the dreams we want to achieve and to have fun while doing so. He says that "loyalty is a two way street" that was something that stuck out to me. It is so true and something that I hadn't really thought about much before. The advice in his lecture he gives out is truly outstanding. This video of Randy's last lecture was inspiring and I enjoyed every minute of it. It really puts things into a new perspective. We should all live like we are dying. "It's not about achieving your dreams it's about leading your life."