Last Lecture Professor Pausch passed away

[Karl]

I was afraid this was coming... I have been following his daily
blog
for months now. He had not put in a new post in almost a month.

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Story?id=4614281&page=1

If you have never seen or read "The Last Lecture".


Here are a few great quotes:

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the
hand.


Have something to bring to the table, because that will make
you
more welcome.


I probably got more from that dream and not accomplishing it
than
I got from any of the ones that I did accomplish.


You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the
fancy stuff isn’t going to work.


When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s
bothering to tell you anymore, that’s a very bad place to be. Your
critics are your ones telling you they still love you and care.


Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.


Head fake learning is absolutely important, and you should
keep
your eye out for them because they’re everywhere.


The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls
are
there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because
the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it
badly
enough.


It’s pretty easy to be smart when you’re parroting smart people.


It’s very important to know when you’re in a pissing match.
And
it’s very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.


Until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field
work.


I can’t tell you beforehand, but right before they present it
I
can tell you if the world (his students project work) is good by
the
body language. If they’re standing close to each other, the world
is
good.


If you’re going to do anything that pioneering you will get
those
arrows in the back, and you just have to put up with it. I mean
everything that could go wrong did go wrong.


Somewhere along the way there’s got to be some aspect of what
lets you get to achieve your dreams. First one is the role of
parents,
mentors, and students.


And he (Andy Van Dam) said, Randy, it’s such a shame that
people
perceive you as so arrogant. Because it’s going to limit what
you’re
going to be able to accomplish in life.


You just have to decide if you’re a Tigger or an Eeyore.


I have a theory that people who come from large families are
better people because they’ve just had to learn to get along.


Loyalty is a two way street.


Syl said, it took me a long time but I’ve finally figured it
out.
When it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it’s
really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay
attention
to what they do. It’s that simple. It’s that easy.


You can’t get there alone. People have to help you and I do
believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you
by
telling the truth. Being earnest.


I’ll take an earnest person over a hip person every day,
because
hip is short term. Earnest is long term.


Apologise when you screw up and focus on other people, not on
yourself.


Don’t bail. The best of the gold’s at the bottom of barrels of
crap.


Get a feedback loop and listen to it. Your feedback loop can
be
this dorky spreadsheet thing I did, or it can just be one great man
who tells you what you need to hear. The hard part is the listening
to
it.


Don’t complain. Just work harder. That’s a picture of Jackie
Robinson. It was in his contract not to complain, even when the
fans
spit on him.


Be good at something, it makes you valuable.


Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how
long
it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep
waiting, it will come out.


Be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.


It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to
lead
your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take
care of itself. The dreams will come to you.
- MY FAVORITE!!!


RIP Professor Pausch.


The family requests that donations on his behalf be directed to the
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, 2141 Rosecrans Ave., Suite 7000,
El
Segundo, CA 90245, or to Carnegie Mellon's Randy Pausch Memorial
Fund
( www.cmu.edu/giving/pausch), which primarily supports the
university's continued work on the Alice project.

[John Dennison]

Thanks, Carl, for sharing some of his contributions.

I wasn't familiar with his lectures, but will be sure to check it out.

May he rest in peace from the pain of his illness, and rise to new heights of experience and understanding in realities to come.

john