Sunday, September 23, 2007

MESSAGE #174 - TEN THOUGHTS FROM PROFESSOR RANDY PAUSCH

I hope you've been following the last few messages about the amazing Professor Randy Pausch. I’ve watched the 80-minute video on yesterday’s blog three times. Please watch it -- IT IS LIFE CHANGING!

If you haven’t watched it, let me entice you. Here are ten quotes from the professor . . .

1. “I don’t know how not to have fun — I’m dying and I’m having fun. And I’m going to keep having fun every day I have left because there’s no other way to play.”

2. “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”

3. “Brick walls are there for a reason. They let us prove how badly we want things.”

4. “Brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don’t really want to achieve their childhood dreams.”

5. “The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they’re learning something else.”

6. “Loyalty is a two-way street.”

7. “Don’t bail: The best of the gold is at the bottom of the barrel of crap.”

8. “When people give you feedback -- cherish it and use it.”

9. “Don’t complain — just work harder.”

10. “Never give up. Anything is possible.”

PLEASE WATCH THIS LECTURE!

Rob Gilbert