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1 edit | [video] Not Our Usual Post I was so moved by this lecture - it gave me pause -- and made me take a deep breath -- If you ONLY have 10 minutes (then take a peek at the Utube excerpts) -- However if you have a bit more time...I recommend sitting down, with your beverage of choice, and watching it full length (link at the bottom of post)...
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"Randy Pausch is a married father of three, a very popular professor at Carnegie Mellon University and he is dying. He is suffering from pancreatic cancer, which he says has returned after surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Doctors say he has only a few months to live.
In September 2007, Randy gave a final lecture to his students at Carnegie Mellon that has since been downloaded more than a million times on the Internet. "There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students?" Randy says. "Well, for me, there's an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn't hypothetical."
Despite the lecture's wide popularity, Randy says he really only intended his words for his three small children. "I think it's great that so many people have benefited from this lecture, but the truth of the matter is that I didn't really even give it to the 400 people at Carnegie Mellon who came. I only wrote this lecture for three people, and when they're older, they'll watch it," he says. "
If you have 10 minutes -- There are a number of versions floating in Utube --
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQtwEKlUutA
»www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhHNBqm8xtE
But you can also get it direct from this site for the full lecture: (worth giving up 1 fluffy TV program in exchange for the time to watch this) 
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Crisis Management Squad
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clubs: | Amazing. Definitely worth watching the entire thing. | |
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| Re: [video] Not Our Usual Post said by removed  :Amazing. Definitely worth watching the entire thing. x2
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Happyrat
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| I finally had a free hour and a half to watch the full video.
Amazing stuff. If you're expecting to watch a man deliver his own eulogy, think again. This is a celebration of a life well spent and I even managed to learn a bit about computer science as well.
I downloaded a copy Alice 2.0 in another tab while watching the vid and I'm looking forward to playing around with the software when I get an opportunity...
Required viewing for anyone who needs to be inspired to get more out of his own life...
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Skand
join:2001-06-01
Corpus Christi, TX
clubs: | Haven't had time to watch it, but looking forward to it. | |
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dellerdsler
The Other Side Of The Drum
join:2001-12-05
Berwyn, IL
| Remarkable. This is almost a "How to Live for Dummmies" lecture. As said previously, required reading.
Look how humble he is, also! Right when he takes the podium, the audience gives him a standing ovation and he says, "Let me earn it." Wow.
I'd like to think that he did. | |
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kadar
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Thanks Cabana. (please sticky)
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cabana
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| Re: [video] Not Our Usual Post said by kadar :Everyone could learn a thing or two from this man. Thanks Cabana. (please sticky) :) | |
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skinsfanusa
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San Marcos, CA | Re: [video] Not Our Usual Post Thank You! | |
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badjoe
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join:2003-12-04 | I watched the whole lecture on Google. It left me speechless.
Thank you for posting it. | |
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h4x0r3d
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Oxford, MS | He also did this lecture on oprah the other day | |
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yock
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| Absolutely great. He is a great person to really help the people who make up the future of our world. This should be shown to kids throughout the school systems in this country.
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dibbb
join:2003-09-19 | This was great, thanks for the link.
And everyone should watch the whole thing. | |
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Mentor, OH | Watching it now and I'm half way through. I'll be buying the DVD after the end of this.
Thanks for the link!
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nassaumike
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shaner
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Calgary, AB
| Wow.
"I have experienced a deathbed conversion ... I just bought a Mac."
Thanks so much for posting this valuable presentation. It transcends everything and is relatable to everyone regardless of race, age, gender, nationality, etc..
Remarkable.
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David R.I.P. | Cabana, that was something I will never
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StreetSpirit
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Roslyn, NY | Re: [video] Not Our Usual Post Amazing lecture. Thank you | |
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clubs: | Re: [video] Not Our Usual Post Awesome post, glad I sat down and spent the time to watch it. | |
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