Hi all,
Here is a link to a talk you might like to view. This is by a wonderful man called Professor Randy Pausch. He was a charismatic young college professor who chronicled his battle with pancreatic cancer in a remarkable speech widely-known as the "Last Lecture," and died at the age of 47.
It all began with one, age-old question: What would you say if you knew you were going to die and had a chance to sum up everything that was most important to you?
That question had been posed to the annual speaker of a lecture series at Carnegie Mellon University, where Pausch was a computer sciences professor. For Pausch, though, the question wasn't hypothetical.
If you had only six months to live, what would you do? How would you live your life? And how can all of us take heart from Pausch's inspiring message to live each day to its fullest?
Here is the shortened version from the Oprah Winfrey show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1CEhH5gnvg
Here is the full version should you want to watch the original delivery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
The version Oprah Winfrey talks about has now been viewed nearly 19 million times. Quite a legacy and it is a talk that I personally find greatly inspiring for a number of reasons. It is worth dipping in and out of the full talk, where Pausch fleshes out a lot of the points made in the shortened version. And observe the emotion at the end, fully deserved adoration for a great man.
As always, any comments you wish to share can be noted below, please keep them coming!
Here is the shortened version from the Oprah Winfrey show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1CEhH5gnvg
Here is the full version should you want to watch the original delivery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
The version Oprah Winfrey talks about has now been viewed nearly 19 million times. Quite a legacy and it is a talk that I personally find greatly inspiring for a number of reasons. It is worth dipping in and out of the full talk, where Pausch fleshes out a lot of the points made in the shortened version. And observe the emotion at the end, fully deserved adoration for a great man.
As always, any comments you wish to share can be noted below, please keep them coming!
What a guy. I watched both videos and the most moving I feel was the Oprah talk. You can see the emotion at the end when he dedicates the lecture to his family, very moving. I like this guys attitude, he still remains to be himself and not look for pity and basically his final message is how to get the best from life while we are still here and I think he got it spot on; integrity, patience, gratitude, no complaining and seeing the good in people and humility. He also mentioned about people vs things which takes us back to the blog message a few weeks ago about clearing out etc, things are just that.....things.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't agree more. I never tire of watching this great man, and I have so much admiration for him. The positivity oozes out and his outlook on what was to become the end of his life quite amazing. We are lucky to have his legacy in words and vision, but the tragedy of course is of a young father cut down in his prime. I'm glad you took the time to look at the talks Nicola and thank you for your comments as always.
ReplyDeleteNowadays everyone need an motivational speaker who motivates the people and make their life stress free. Thanks for this brilliant information. Truly appreciated. Naseer Khan is also one of the best inspirational speaker in India.
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