July 27, 2008
A Motivating Last Lecture
written by Spencer Alexander on July 27, 2008 at 10:22PM in Random
I was browsing around the Scientific American Blog this afternoon, and ran across a very interesting video about a professors ‘Last Lecture’.Here is the idea: the professor, Randy Pausch, was daignosed with pancreatic cancer, and after a long battle, was finally told that he had three to six months left to live. As one of his final acts of life, he gave one final lecture to a crowded theater.
His lecture is full of deep life lessons that are explained in such a simple way. He continuously brings up the fact that in life, one often runs into brick walls. These brick walls are not meant to stop us, but simply meant to weed out those who don’t truly want what they’re trying to get. He stresses the fact that one should not be deterred by these brick walls, but instead use them as motivation to keep pushing.
Overall, it was an incredible 1 hour and 15 minutes, and I would recommend it to anyone who needs a bit of a pep talk.
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I’m glad to hear positive responses about this video! It really was a very motivating lecture that made me want to live my life not only better, but more efficiently as well :).
I finally watched this whole thing the other day, and it was phenomenal. Thanks for pointing it out!
That was amazing! He was the most dedicated and honest. That is what every human being should try to be! he will be greatly missed by thousands.
I loved listening to this strong,talented guy!! Fortitude that all of us should dream of!