...Robert B. Burnish The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch The Last Lecture is a New York Times best-selling publication co-authored by Randy Pausch, a lecturer of computer research, human-computer interaction, and conceive at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Jeffrey Zaslow of the Wall Street Journal. The publication was born out of a lecture Pausch provided in September 2007, Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams. (Dann, 14-19) The publication has often been in evaluation with Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie, a publication on courses the scribe wise from his staining school professor. When inquired about his information of the publication, Pausch answered that he had not ever read that publication, and commented that he "didn’t understand there was a dying-professor part at the bookstore” with his usual sardonic wit. Speculation that the publication would be turned into a video was turned down by Pausch himself. Pausch consigned his "Last Lecture", titled “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” at Carnegie Mellon on September 18, 2007. This converse was modeled after an ongoing sequence of addresses where peak academics are inquired to believe profoundly about what matters to them, and then give a hypothetical "final talk," i.e., "what wisdom would you try to impart to the world if you knew it was your last chance?" (Dann, 14-19) A month before giving the address, Pausch had obtained a prognosis that the pancreatic cancer, with which...
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...I loved Randy Pausch’s video The Last Lecture because he presented his lecture with so much enthusiasm, courage, and humility by making us understand how important his thoughts for how we should all live our lives each day and how we should always treat other people in our lives with respect, gratitude and kindness no matter what. I was very nervous while I was taking notes from both of the videos we had to view for the assignment. I waited until my youngest son went to school so that I would be able to stay-focused on the information that I needed to write notes from and have no distractions so my full attention would be only on the assignment. I watched Randy Pausch’s video several times, his compassionate tone and his humbleness helped me...
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...Like It’s Our Last Day Patty Jo Djennelbaroud English 121 Instructor Asatryan March 25, 2013 Like It’s Our Last Day All too often we live our lives like we will be here forever. We take advantage of the time we are given to spend with our loved ones, and neglect opportunities to show how much we treasure them. Even when someone is old or sick, it’s too easy for us to fool ourselves into thinking that they ‘know’ just how important they are to us and how they impact our lives. I was lucky enough to be taught the value of living each day like it was my last day, and to never take our loved ones for granted, thanks to my niece Hillarie. When I was 14, my sister gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Hillarie Dawn. She had milky-smooth copper skin, was completely bald, and the longest baby I had ever seen. Even her toes and fingers seem to stretch for miles, and she could keep herself entertained for ages just by watching her tiny fragile fingers furling out and in, again and again, like the tail of a peacock opening and closing. She wasn’t the first baby in this generation of my family; she was number five thus far. You could say we were quite well versed in newborn-ology, but she surprised us all with her quiet and easy nature. She rarely cried or fussed, was always happy, and even let us catch sleep for hours at a time. Before the age of 2 she was diagnosed with a heart disorder, a rare form of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with RCM. It held a bleak outcome for her future;...
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...Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in September 2006. Pausch delivered his last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University (where he was a Professor) on September 18, 2007. In the seminar series, professors were challenged to deliver the message of a lifetime as if it was their last lecture. The irony makes his words that much more poignant. The Last Lecture has become one of the most viewed lectures on the Internet. There is no denying that the context makes the speech memorable, but that quality is enhanced by five timeless presentation techniques exhibited by Randy Pausch. Each of these helps you connect with your audience and help them remember your words into the future: Introduce the elephant in the room, define the scope, conclude strong, show enthusiasm- immerse yourself, get personal. Randy Pausch opens his lecture in the best way possible for this lecture, this audience, and this venue — by relieving stress. Following an easy joke about the title of the lecture series, he introduces the elephant in the room; that is, he spends a minute discussing his pancreatic cancer. Then, he raises the emotion in the room by doing a series of pushups. If he had not opened this way, the audience would have been distracted for the entire lecture, and unable to fully immerse themselves in the powerful lessons to come. From my point of view he made a good start to get the audience attention and gave the audience a reason to listen to his topic. I think the key point over here...
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...15/09/15 DREAMS AND EXPERIENCES This essay will cover two important points of Last Lecture by Prof. Randy Pausch that I found impressive, and the brief description of how I dream. As a conclusion, I will criticize myself on the basis of Last Lecture. First thing that I learned from Randy Pausch is the importance of being an imagineer. People have a tendency to stop imagining when they start to think any of their dreams will not come true anyway. But as we saw in the lecture, even though seems like childish and irrelevant, if you try hard you can make it possible. Pausch did his best to accomplish his dreams before he died. It means before we gave up from our dreams, we can do the same too. The other critic point about Last Lecture is, it was a pretty influential speech to encourage people to think about the brick walls in their lives. According to Pausch, these brick walls are there to prevent some people from achieving their goals, and for some people walls are there in order to show them how far they can go for their dreams. Pausch did great to break his walls that he met while he wanted to achieve his zero-gravity dream. So why do not we break our walls in front of us? After the Last Lecture, when I think about my dreams, I realize that I do not have too much of them. Because they are keep getting true. The reason behind this is, instead of long-term, I used to aim short-term achievements. Such as; being successful in high school, being successful is university, earning...
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...Vilma Torres Benjamin Franklin As we know Benjamin Franklin is known to be a very important person in American history. Benjamin Franklin was a successful person that never gave up and always followed his dream. Randy Pausch, author of “The Last Lecture” was also a person who never gave up and wanted to educate others. With this in mind we can see many similarities between Professor Randy Pausch’s last lecture and Benjamin Franklin’s life. The first example is when the professor says that you have to work hard to achieve your dreams. This has a lot in common with Benjamin Franklin because he always had to work hard to get what he wanted. Franklin liked to work long hours and he never complained. The second instance is when the professor says that you have to keep your dream no matter what happens. Benjamin Franklin, at the age of sixteen, wanted to be a printer. He focused on his dream and started to work little by little on his own company. When he started it was not easy. However, he followed his dream until he built his own printing company. The third similarity was when the professor said that brick walls are there not to make you sad but to show you how badly you want something. Benjamin Franklin faced a lot of brick walls when he was trying to discover the electricity. For example, he faced a lot of dangers in attempting to determine whether lightning was electricity or not. However he never got sad, he only worked harder. The fourth example is when the...
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...to succeed as a leader, one must know his or her strengths and weakness. Secondly, we have finite amount of time and energy. If we have time to whine and complain about something then we definitely have time and energy to do something about it. In simpler words: Don’t complain, just work harder! Furthermore, look for the best in everyone. If you wait long enough, people will show you their good side, just keep waiting and be patient. But on the other hand, it is a leader’s responsibility to know how long, is long enough. Within the past year and half, I have learned that experience is the most precious thing you can offer someone. So do not be afraid of making mistakes and sharing your experiences. Last but not least, never give up! As Randy Pausch, the author of the book Last Lecture says, “Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over then, even if someone practically had to throw you over, it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.” And in order to be an excellent leader, I believe these concepts are valuable to have in handy. * Don’t cheat yourself- Seek first to understand and then to be understood. * Don’t complain; just work harder * Treat the disease, not the symptoms * Don’t be afraid of failure. Also, don’t scare others of failure either * Begin with end in mind, then develop a plan (be prepared) * NEVER GIVE UP * I can’t make it alone * Look for the best in everyone * Aim for excellence and success will...
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...Everyone has a dream and everyone would like to achieve this dream. But no one realises how much work they have to put to get there. There will be obstacles along the but if you are committed you will get there. In the video we watch called “The Last Lecture’’ by Randy Pausch’s does a presentation in front of a audience and talks about 3 main things. These 3 things are his childhood dreams,how he enabled other people dreams and lesson he has learned along his childhood and adulthood. He does this in order to teach and make the audience achieve their dream or help someone else accomplish their dream by using what they learned in his lecture. He tries to gives us good advice on how to live your life without regrets just work hard and don't complain....
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...Randy Pausch Guest Speaker Critique I have chosen to do my guest speaker critique on Randy Pausch’s presentation he gave on Oprah. I am glad I did, Randy gave an amazing presentation that kept me watching intently for ten minutes straight. I had never heard of his story before, but I felt as if I had known him for a long time. I found myself taking notes on some of the things he was doing in his presentation that made it so strong. I am going to strive to be able to speak in public like this one day. Randy’s introduction was extremely attention gaining and thought provoking. He gave a hypothetical question on the topic of a last speech given to students, if it was the speakers last before death. He then surprised me to admit that this was actually a situation he was in, and I automatically wanted to hear what he had to say. He transitioned into the main part of his presentation using a power point. I noticed that in between slides there was a slight pause. This was not a bad thing at all, as it led the audience to collect their thoughts and anticipate what Randy had to say next. There was a prevalent use of stories and pictures used to describe a target lifestyle for successful living. He was very clear in connecting his personal anecdotes to the point he was trying to get across. There were a few minor things that I noticed, just nitpicking a couple of actions. There were times where he would put his hands in his pockets and start walking around. However, it...
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...Are you magnifying your purpose in life? In some occasions individuals tend to fulfill their purpose in life only when we encounter difficulty in our life or a specific event has touched our heart deeply. Currently, many of us tend to forget the importance of life due to the routine of our busy life. Gladly, once in a while we have reminders to help us take a moment and reanalyze our life. In this occasion the “Last Lecture” video has given us a strong view on how can we change our perspective on how are we running our life at this moment. Mr. Raundy in 10 minutes clearly summarized the importance of living with a purpose. Even though, Mr. Pausch is fighting pancreatic cancer and knows that his life will be cut short he still lives with a full...
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...mentioned, teaches no class. Class of Professor of Divinity. The duty imposed upon the Professor of Divinity is very arduous. In addition to the Lectures which ne has to deliver, he was in the practice of hearing the numerous Discourses which the Church requires before young men can be admitted to probationary trials. Pre viously to the appointment of Dr. Chalmers as joint Professor with Dr. Ritchie, the whole of the Discourses were heard by the Professor of Theology ; and some conception of the arduousness of the task may be formed from the following account given in the Appendix to the Returns from the University of Edinburgh. The number of Students enrolled each Session, has for these five years past been above 200. The Law of the Church impera tively prescribes that each of them shall deliver five Discourses before being taken on trials for licence. It is obvious, therefore, from this, taken in conjunction with the period during which continuance at the Divinity Hall is necessary, that each Student must deliver at least one Discourse, and many of them two or more in one and the same Session. This necessa rily interfered very much with the lecturing department, the number of Lectures delivered each Session amounting to 40, and the Professor, from the causes stated, finding it impos sible to enlarge the number. Dr. Ritchie's Lectures explained and illustrated the topics, both direct and collateral, suggested by the successive articles contained in the Apostles' Creed ; and the...
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...AMB200 Consumer Behaviour Portfolio Purpose The purpose of this assessment is for you to understand consumer behaviour by applying theories to your own behaviour. In this assessment, you will submit three (3) out of six (6) tutorial worksheets as part of a portfolio. You must submit worksheet 1 and then choose any two (2) from worksheet 2 to 6. The tutorial program has been designed to assist your learning and is directly linked to this assessment. You should aim to attend most of the tutorials if you seek a good mark. Consumer Behaviour List In the first tutorial, you will be select ONE consumer behaviour from the list below that you have done in the last three months. You will then complete worksheets in the tutorials of weeks 2 – 7 on that consumer behaviour. Once you have selected a behaviour you cannot change as your assessment requires to submit worksheets on the same behaviour. List of Consumer Behaviours * Buying a PC/laptop/high-technology item * Booking/arranging/going on an overseas holiday * Selecting a university * Going to the movies * Choosing a restaurant for a special occasion * Evaluating and selecting a mobile phone plan * Choosing to do volunteer work * Buying a fashion item * Going to a concert * Changing a bad habit (smoking, reducing alcohol intake, getting fit, eating better) Assignment structure and requirements You must follow this structure, do not change the order of the content of the worksheets...
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...Dear Mr. Georgiev, I am writing to complain about the learning plan of the major Linguistics with IT. We believe the lectures are not properly organized. We have lectures only three days a week. On the one hand, it is beneficial because we have two days off. On the other though, we study from 7:30 AM to 19:30 PM these three days and it is very exhausting. On our final exam in English we are supposed to make a dictation but, as a matter of fact, nobody told us how to do that. The lectures are not enough and our lecturers don’t have the time to teach us. Last semester the “Translation” subject was twice a week. This semester, however, it is once a week which is not nearly as enough as it should be. All in all, it is expected that we become translators. Furthermore, all the lectures in German are in one day. What happens is that at the end of the lecture we can no longer concentrate as we have studied so many things that we don’t have the strength to continue. What is more, there are times in which we have just about 15 min to get from the one building of the university to the other. It wouldn’t be a problem, if the lecturers were more conscientious. We strongly believe that this learning plan is overwhelming and inaccurate. We hope you would consider undertaking some actions about these issues. I look forward to hearing from you by return. Yours sincerely, Hristiana...
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...The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch, had many themes throughout the book that were very important in my own life. Three of these themes are hard work, loyalty, and having a positive attitude. All of these ideas are virtues that I try to follow every day at school, work, home, and anywhere else I may be, like Pausch had done in his life. His life, however, was coming to a certain end by terminal cancer, when he gave his final lecture so he was able to reflect on what was important for him to say to those present at his speech and also his kids. Hopefully, I won’t have to die as young as he did, but the themes he expressed in his lecture are key to living a good life as I want to do. Hard work was a theme that was present throughout the lecture...
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...am trying to keep consistent are my time management skills, attendance, and reviewing my lecture notes along with studying for my exams. The first focus that is important for me to keep consistent is my time management skills. Before I did not have a set strategy for how I am going to execute this so I just went with the flow as the day passed. This was a not beneficial for me because for anything that happened unexpected, I was not prepared with a backup plan to get caught up. I would instead wait until later on during the week to catch up on what I missed so I decided to make an schedule/planner. In the morning I go to the gym before lectures that way I have energy to go about my day. In between lectures, I use to walk back to residence to take a nap, but now I stay on campus and spend time in open seminar rooms where I catch up on my readings. When the day finishes, I double check to make sure I have my readings finished before next day’s lecture and if I do, I allow myself to hang out with my friends by going to the gym at night or watching television. Overall, I think I’m doing a decent job of making this an everyday habit. The only criticism I have for myself in regards to time management is making sure I check my email everyday since I learned my lesson for missing assignments for the STEP program. Another focus I am keeping consistent is my attendance. Last term I use to miss some morning classes due to sleeping in, but with the planner I have made...
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