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
long waiting matter
Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it
time-management matter commodity
Time is the only commodity that matters.
listening important matter
The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.
matter bad-things
No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better
long matter life-is
We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.
hurt apology three
Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I feel badly that I hurt you. 3) How do I make this better?
love-you care last-lecture
When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.
change life lots people talk
Cancer didn't change me at all. I know lots of people talk about the life revelation. I didn't have that.
academic knew last
There's an academic tradition called the 'Last Lecture.' Hypothetically, if you knew you were going to die and you had one last lecture, what would you say to your students? Well, for me, there's an elephant in the room. And the elephant in the room, for me, it wasn't hypothetical.
takes time
Smelling a crayon takes you right back to childhood. When I need to go back in time, I put it under my nose and take another hit.
dad days hard inherited kids though usual
Chemo days make me tired, though it's hard to say that's because of the chemo when you have kids who have inherited their dad's usual energy level.
clear great pick
Are you a fun-loving Tigger or a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp. I think it's clear where I stand on the great Tigger/Eeyore debate!
ignore interested men pay
When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
I don't know how to not have fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun, and I'm going to keep having fun every day I've got left.