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July 26, 2008

The Last Lecture

Filed under: On The Web, parenting — Chris @ 6:06 am

Randy Pausch died yesterday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 47.   

I am sure by now most people have heard of Randy Pausch, the Last Lecture professor.  Here is  a link to his last lecture should  you have no idea what I am talking about.  It is long, about an hour, but seriously one of the best speeches ever about what it means to live your life to the fullest. Are you following your dreams?  And more  importantly, how are you helping your children to follow theirs. I watched the speech and then rewatched with my kids.

More than 10 million people have watched an Internet video of the talk. The lecture was translated into seven languages, and Hyperion published a book version that became a New York Times bestseller. 

Diane Sawyer did an interview with him a few months ago that was equally as inspiring as his last lecture speech.  And equally as heartbreaking.  If you haven’t watched the video, I urge you to take the time to do so.  It might just be life changing.

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