The Last Lecture
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Last Lecture
A Carnegie Mellon tradition where professors give a talk as if it were their final words of wisdom
Pausch last lecture became famous because he actually was dying when he delivered it
Randy Pausch
The Carnegie Mellon computer science professor who delivered the famous last lecture while terminally ill
Pausch turned his lecture into a guide for his children about living well
Childhood Dreams
The aspirations Pausch had as a child that frame his lecture about achieving goals
Pausch organized his lecture around childhood dreams and how to achieve them
Head Fake
A lesson disguised as something else – teaching one thing while actually teaching another
The lecture seems to be about achieving dreams but is really about how to live
Brick Walls
Obstacles that test how badly you want something and stop those who do not want it enough
Brick walls exist to separate those who really want something from those who do not
Tigger versus Eeyore
A metaphor for optimistic versus pessimistic approaches to life
Pausch advocates being a Tigger – bouncy energetic and optimistic
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