…not too sure where I have been to not have watched this before now, but for those of you that have also not seen it, here is the powerful and touching Last Lecture - on Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams - by Randy Pausch, Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon.
Randy Pausch gave this lecture after being diagnosed with pancreatic liver cancer, 7 months before he died.
I love in particular his reference to brick walls -
“brick walls are there for a reason. To show you how badly you want something. They are there to stop the other people.”
A great attitude which I will try to adopt the next time I hit a stumbling block.
Do find a quiet hour - it’s worth it - and soak in the humour and wisdom in this very special talk.
An aside:
The themes in Randy’s speech tie in very well with my embryo thoughts from this earlier post on childhood dreams - about helping children think independently and creatively about what matters to them in life.
Following encouraging feedback (thank you, readers!) I’m getting together a small group of people in the next month or so for an initial brainstorm session on how to take this forward. If you live near Bristol and are interested in being a part of this please email me on sarah@cowsfrommywindow.com
And all of you, please do keep your thoughts coming via the comments!
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Just wanted to say thank you for your e mails . Sorry I have not responded before . E mails are very inspirtional and yes I might be. Career changer but not sure.
Just when I think carry on and not make any changes your e mails usually come thro .
Thanks
kind regards
ikila
thank you Ikila. It is lovely to get such feedback. If something has been causing you to consider change for a while, do go for it - even if just in a small way, you can test our your hunches. good luck!