Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch
Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pauschwas an American professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon Universityin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth23 October 1950
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
hurt sorry apology
Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
hurt two appreciate
Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work. Let’s just drive ’em.
family dream jobs
A parent's job is to encourage kids to develop a joy for life and a great urge to follow their own dreams. The best we can do is to help thm develop a personal set of tools for the task.
daughter father believe
Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you"....(Taken from a farewell video from a dying father to his infant daughter on dating)
good-morning optimistic adversity
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse.
thank-you gratitude giving-up
Never lose the childlike wonder. Show gratitude... Don't complain; just work harder... Never give up.
fun underestimate importance
Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.
life thinking one-day
Time is all you have and you may find one day that you have less than you think.
looks
Look for the best in everybody
simple men long
My colleague told me: "It took a long time, but I finally figured it out. When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
beats reaper live-well
We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.
success determination hard-work
A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.
jobs mail sorting
No job is beneath you. You ought to be thrilled you got a job in the mailroom And when you get there, here's what you do: Be really great at sorting mail.
passion use metrics
You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more things and the more money you have, the more you will look around and use that as the metric and there will be someone with more.