Beloved Professor with Weeks to Live Delivers Touching Final Lecture
Simply beautiful. Some of my favorite moments from his lecture:
- Don’t write people off. Give them time and they will surprise you.
- Tenacity is a virtue. Not getting what you want is the most valuable experience you can have.
Update: You can now view Professor Pausch’s full lecture here. Check it out - it is truly worth finding the time for…
26 opinions for Beloved Professor with Weeks to Live Delivers Touching Final Lecture
ACP
Sep 20, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Full lecture:
http://wms.andrew.cmu.edu/001/pausch.wmv
Yay for healthbolt!
Sara
Sep 20, 2007 at 1:14 pm
Thanks for the link, ACP.
Mikeachim
Sep 21, 2007 at 12:50 pm
The brick wall comment is a fabulous twist-around - “keeping the other people out”. Love it.
Trisha
Sep 21, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Oh man that’s sad. What a brave and awesome guy. I don’t pity him, but since it makes me sad, I better go do some pushups.
Tony Seraphim
Sep 21, 2007 at 9:02 pm
im gonna do some pushups.
Jeremy
Sep 22, 2007 at 6:32 am
What a fantastic man. The lecture was incredible. Thank you so much for posting.
grdnrofeden
Sep 22, 2007 at 7:14 am
This moment is a gift, that’s why they call it the present. Thanks for sharing this.
samson zee
Sep 23, 2007 at 5:48 am
Beutiful just beutiful
Israel
Sep 23, 2007 at 2:11 pm
very touching, found the site via sumble upon.
Jamie
Sep 23, 2007 at 9:11 pm
I heard this story on WSJ’s AM radio show. Stumbled upon it tonight - thanks for posting it. I hope that we can double our efforts to bring a cure for cancer, as it takes away some of the best people. I think this is a very powerful lecture by an extraordinary human.
Gavin
Sep 24, 2007 at 2:53 am
Thank you for the inspiration
Cosmin
Sep 24, 2007 at 5:22 am
can someone please put this file up for download? I rally want to take this with me, on my portable player. Thank you for the inspiration.
Cosmin
Sep 24, 2007 at 5:46 am
found it, as a torrent: http://www.mininova.org/tor/900739
Sara
Sep 24, 2007 at 10:03 am
Cool, thanks Cosmin! :)
Cosmin
Sep 24, 2007 at 11:51 am
http://www.btmon.com/Video/Other/CMU_University_Lecture_Series_-_2007-09-19_-_Randy_Pausch.torrent.html
this one has the full movie, the other one is only 22 mb. Sorry for the late edit
simon
Sep 24, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Thank you for this video on the professor.
It helps me to onderstand even more what life is about and why some things are so damm dificult to digest.
Thanks again
Villy
Sep 25, 2007 at 4:48 am
My internet connection is too slow to watch this vid and I can’t download the torrent. Any other suggestions?
From your reactions I would like to watch this video very much.
Cosmin
Sep 25, 2007 at 5:29 am
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1434909174&size=m&context=pool-26789607@N00
available at google videos. But it’s still streaming.
Villy
Sep 25, 2007 at 6:32 am
Just finished watching it and it truly is inspirational. Thanks to whom ever posted it.
paul Herron
Sep 30, 2007 at 5:20 pm
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=362421849901825950&hl=en
google video link
thanks for showing us this!
Adam
Oct 2, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Very moving and uplifting, but do you think it takes the realization of how limited one’s time is to actually make the most of it?
Spidermonkey
Oct 9, 2007 at 2:54 am
truly a man of steel. No fear of death at all
andrew
Oct 10, 2007 at 6:15 am
anyone have a link to just the audio? Want to dl on ipod for listening later
Jenny
Oct 17, 2007 at 10:40 am
Made me misty eyed. ;) Thanks.
Paul
Jan 25, 2008 at 2:03 am
This guy is great. Amazing attitude and advice. I couldn’t help feeling sad though…
Inspiration for Change
Aug 9, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Inspirational!
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