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
jobs book college
I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding.
running mean people
Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.
appropriate dies
What is the most appropriate thing to say to a friend who was about to die. He answered:”tell your friend that in his death, a part of you dies and goes with him. Whenever he goes, you also g. He will not be alone".
lying people effort
People lie for lots of reasons, often because it seems like a way to get what they want with less effort.
jobs people last-lecture
If nobody ever worried about what was in other people's heads, we’d all be 33 percent more effective in our lives and our jobs.
fashion thinking people
The fact that fashion goes out of fashion and then comes back into fashion based solely on what a few people somewhere think they can sell, well to me, that’s insanity.
real reading vacation
Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages.
rage optimist
He had high hopes for society, and though his hopes were too often dashed, he remained a raging optimist.
use might selling
Because you’re such a good salesman, and if you go work for a company, they’re going to use you as a salesman. If you’re going to be a salesman, you might as well be selling something worthwhile, like education
jobs college mirrors
The great thing about working out at a gym is that if you put in effort, you get very obvious results. The same should be true of college. A professor’s job is to teach students how to see their minds growing in the same way they can see their muscles grow when they look in a mirror.
responsibility rights talking
it make no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities
people focus last-lecture
Focus on other people, not on yourself.
tigger
Are you a Tigger or an Eyore?
way looks last-lecture
Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.