Well most of us have never heard of the name Dr. Randy Pausch and not have seen this man. I was no exception to that. Randy was another normal nerd professor at the canegie mellon before he was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. It was what he did after that, that differentiated every other mortal from Randy.
Canegie Mellon have a lecture series which they call "Last Lecture". Yes the name has a meaning.. The professors are asked to assume that they would die and give a lecture on whatever they would want to tell before they die. Well, in Randy's case he did not have to assume. May be that made his lecture more important or was it Randy himself with his charm? I dont know. But this lecture was an instant hit all over the net. Some of the most popular american television shows like "Good Morning America " and the "Oprah Winfrey show" featured him. The topic that Randy chose to talk on the Last Lecture was not a geeky technical stuff. It was "Enabling you childhood dreams". A man about to die teaching people how to live. Human nature ;thats what it is. We know the value of something only when we lose it . May be Randy was the best person to tell what not to miss in life. From then on Randy inspired people wherever he went. He went on to give a lecture on "Time Management " in the university of Virginia where he was a faculty for a long time. Randy had the honour of handing over charge to the graduates of cmu at their graduation ceremony.
Randy died on the 25th of this july. But the stirring lecture he gave on that day will live in the minds of the audience all over the world for a long long time. But the last sentence that Randy said was the one unsettled me. I quote " The talk’s not for you, it’s for my kids ". In one of the interviews he hopes someday his grown up kids would know their fathers legacy just by hearing this talk.
I wont write more.. Make your own opinions about Randy after you see these links
Last Lecture : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
Randy on cmu grad day : www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYv5x6gZTA
Randy on Oprah : video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8577255250907450469
Canegie Mellon have a lecture series which they call "Last Lecture". Yes the name has a meaning.. The professors are asked to assume that they would die and give a lecture on whatever they would want to tell before they die. Well, in Randy's case he did not have to assume. May be that made his lecture more important or was it Randy himself with his charm? I dont know. But this lecture was an instant hit all over the net. Some of the most popular american television shows like "Good Morning America " and the "Oprah Winfrey show" featured him. The topic that Randy chose to talk on the Last Lecture was not a geeky technical stuff. It was "Enabling you childhood dreams". A man about to die teaching people how to live. Human nature ;thats what it is. We know the value of something only when we lose it . May be Randy was the best person to tell what not to miss in life. From then on Randy inspired people wherever he went. He went on to give a lecture on "Time Management " in the university of Virginia where he was a faculty for a long time. Randy had the honour of handing over charge to the graduates of cmu at their graduation ceremony.
Randy died on the 25th of this july. But the stirring lecture he gave on that day will live in the minds of the audience all over the world for a long long time. But the last sentence that Randy said was the one unsettled me. I quote " The talk’s not for you, it’s for my kids ". In one of the interviews he hopes someday his grown up kids would know their fathers legacy just by hearing this talk.
I wont write more.. Make your own opinions about Randy after you see these links
Last Lecture : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
Randy on cmu grad day : www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcYv5x6gZTA
Randy on Oprah : video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8577255250907450469
1 comment:
Ya manu.. you are right.. I read the book.. he was phenomenal.. I would say he was a head fake specialist :)
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