Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium.

What would you say if you knew you were going to die?

Would you want pity or sympathy?

Want to make others sad with your story or feel your pain?

Not Randy Pausch... he chose to give back.

In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

We should see life as a constant learning experience as Randy tells us: "Experience is what we get when we dont get what we want".

Thomas Edison said something similar when he made the statement ""I have not failed. I've just found 1,000 ways that won't work."

As painful as it can be at times, self discovery and personal growth is important for us to evolve in all aspects of our lives.

Randy Pausch in his last lecture inspires us to focus on what's important, strive for our dreams and live a life with no regrets.

So invest in yourself. Through meditation and mind exploration, reading, seminars, personal interaction and life experiences we can map ourselves a path of life experiences and beyond...