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'Last Lecture' Professor Dies
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008, 01:12 IST
Bangalore: Very few people on earth get to live their lives even after their death and Randy Pausch is indeed one among them. The courageous professor of the Carnegie Mellon University who stirred the whole world with his last lecture died of pancreatic cancer on July 25 at the age of 47 at home.
Pausch, a computer science professor gave his last lecture at the University in September 2007, after learning that he had terminal cancer. His zest for life in those words motivated the world and his lecture was converted into a book. The book is translated into 30 languages and it is a best-seller.
As a boy, Pausch painted an elevator door, a submarine and mathematical formulas on his bedroom walls. His parents let him do it, encouraging his creativity. "If your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it," he said, "Don't worry about resale values."
Whether it is at home or workplace, we should question ourselves, "Do we nurture creativity and enthusiasm, or squash it?" Pausch's speech underlines the fact that helping others fulfill their dreams is even more fun than achieving our own. "You'd be surprised how many 19-year-old boys run out of ideas when you take those possibilities away," he said, but they all rose to the challenge.
Pausch's lecture is a call for all of us to do great things. We need to live our lives for now, to learn to be content with what we have, and yet always to reach for the stars. Let us also pledge that we will bring enthusiasm to our coworkers on a daily basis.Following is the link to the video of Prof. Pausch's 'Last Lecture':
https://siliconindia.com/university/watchvideo.php?vid=164
