“If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.”
Maybe you’ve seen it by now, maybe you haven’t. If you haven’t, you should.
It’s an inspirational, if bittersweet, lecture by 46-year-old Carnegie Mellon University professor Randy Pausch, given on September 18, 2007.
Many thought it was probably the last public speech Dr. Pausch would give anywhere, before dying of incurable pancreatic cancer. (Doctors have given him a few short months to live.) But no one knew how far reaching the “farewell lecture” would be thanks to a video camera and YouTube.
Standing at the podium in McConomy Auditorium, Randy Pausch didn’t focus on his impending death. Instead, he celebrated the chance he had been given to live the life he always had dreamed of, and simultaneously challenged everyone else with the powerful lessons his life offer.
The cherry on top comes at the end, when this father of three preschoolers reveals the real motivation behind his lecture. Just watch it, you’ll see.
A video of the entire, original lecture can be found here or in pieces on YouTube.
Keep in mind that while it’s well worth watching, it’s also well over an hour long.
If you’re short on time (as I often am) here’s a shorter version (just over 11 minutes) he was recently asked to give on Oprah……
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