Randy Paush Last Lecture

Randy Paush was born in the 1960's. He was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer and has numerous tumors in this pancreas. When he gave his "Last Lecture" speech he told the audience that he had 3 to 6 good months left. He looked extremely well and was in very good spirits. Randy has a wife, Jay, and children.

Randy had several childhood dreams. Unlike some people, he stuck with them and showed how one can achieve these. He met a few "brick walls" along the way. Unlike some who would have given up, randy pushed himself above and beyond the bar and drove himself even harder to accomplish his dreams. This showed how much he truly wanted his dreams and how he was willing to find other means to achieve them.

While using himself as an example he explains to us all how we too can achieve these dreams of ours if we put our minds to it and honestly try. Randy also shows us how we can enable others to accomplish their dreams too. We should not only congratulate them on accomplishing their task but push them to take it further. He makes a point to remind us that sometimes we cant get there on our own and that's okay. The most important thing is to be honest, earnest, and apologize when you are wrong.

I over all really enjoyed Randy's speech. It made me wonder how many people actually follow through with their childhood dreams. Or how many gave up when they hit that first brick wall? So many times that brick wall is people telling us we cant do something. We as the dreamer should have the confidence in ourselves to know our limits and that we can achieve what we really want.