It’s difficult to contribute anything new to the discussion around Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” at Carnegie Mellon University — either the lecture video available at YouTube or Randy’s new book, also available as an audiobook at iTunes or from Audible.
Listening to the lecture this weekend, I noted just a few of Randy’s points I wanted to remember:
° Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
° Never lose the child-like wonder.
° Be good at something; it makes you valuable.
° Don’t bail; the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap
° Get a feedback loop; and listen to it [Andy van Dam]
° Show gratitude [took whole team to disney land]
° Don’t complain; just work harder
° Work hard… [”I got tenure a year early, junior faculty asked ‘what’s your secret?’ I said call my office any Friday night at 10pm I’ll tell you”]
° Find the best in everybody; no matter how you have to wait for them to show it
° Be prepared: “luck” is where preparation meets opportunity
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