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.
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.
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.
jobs mail should
No job should, be beneath us. And if you can't(or won't) sort mail, Where is the proof that you can do anything?
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.
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.
doctor great helps relish took
My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
beat tried
I'm not going to beat the cancer. I tried really hard... but sometimes you're just not going to beat the thing... I wanted to walk off the stage and say anything I thought was important; I had my hour.
field games knew played scoreboard walk
I played in football games where you walk off the field and the scoreboard didn't end up the way you wanted. But you knew that you really did give it all. And the other team was too strong.
life
There's nothing about my life that I would have changed.
grow health measured months success
Success is measured in months for me. When my health fails, it will fail quickly. Tumors grow on an exponential curve.
kids
If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let 'em do it.
entirely family time
I've said my piece. My time now is entirely focused on family.
choosing dying
I am dying soon, and I am choosing to have fun today, tomorrow and every other day I have left.