Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals. For more on Randy, visit: www.cmu.edu Learn how to support the Randy Pausch Memorial Bridge, visit: www.cmu.edu

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  1. garealtours says:

    @idideroo

    Maybe someone should tell idideroo his education was not up to standards; it certainly won’t be good enough for CM.

  2. garealtours says:

    @joejonascuteful

    RTF(YouTube)M… the 10-minute time limit is for YOU and not necessarily for others.

  3. idideroo says:

    someone should tell him the moon landing never happened

  4. xitongzou says:

    Great presentation by a great professor. Many of the points he mentioned does make a lot of sense. Also, there’s a lot of cool stuff happening at Carnegie Mellon…

  5. joejonascuteful says:

    wtf?! how can u upload over an hour?! the max is 10min!

  6. hartistry says:

    Wow. Great!!!!

  7. Herman76 says:

    Amazing.. Thank you for this.

  8. XEV4NX says:

    this guy may have died from cancer but his wise words of wisdom will live on through the ages

    THUMBS UP IF U AGREE

  9. alenebeadle59 says:

    Superb!! cant wait to listen to the entire album, just got it for free at DownloadMusic.iX (replace X by m)

  10. arsenal4214 says:

    I¨ll subscribe to whoever subscribes to me. Come check my channel and Subscribe. Once i see it, i’ll do the same on your channel;)

  11. AreURaptureReady says:

    God is ANGRY with the wicked EVERYDAY – Psalm 7:11 FEAR GOD AND DEPART FROM EVIL- Proverbs 3:7 REPENT OR PERISH- Luke 13:5 HELL FIRE BURNS FOREVER! REPENT NOW! HE WHO COVERS HIS SIN WILL NOT PROSPER, BUT HE WHO CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM SHALL HAVE MERCY- PROVERBS 28:13 REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND FLEE TO JESUS CHRIST, WHO ALONE HAS POWER TO SAVE! Let the Wicked forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let Him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him. Isaiah 55:7

  12. AreURaptureReady says:

    God is ANGRY with the wicked EVERYDAY – Psalm 7:11 FEAR GOD AND DEPART FROM EVIL- Proverbs 3:7 REPENT OR PERISH- Luke 13:5 HELL FIRE BURNS FOREVER! REPENT NOW! HE WHO COVERS HIS SIN WILL NOT PROSPER, BUT HE WHO CONFESSES AND FORSAKES THEM SHALL HAVE MERCY- PROVERBS 28:13 REPENT OF YOUR SINS AND FLEE TO JESUS CHRIST, WHO ALONE HAS POWER TO SAVE! Let the Wicked forsake his ways, and the unrighteous man his thoughts, and let Him return to the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him. Isaiah 55:7

  13. ellefan01 says:

    I saw this in school! I mean, not this lecture, but I saw clips of it. I also wrote an essay type thing about him.. He was a good man!

  14. moneeb612 says:

    Greatest insiraptional video I have ever watched…

  15. Basswalker561 says:

    Beautiful.

  16. Mrmoc7 says:

    This was the guy who inspired me to buy a second monitor for my computer… ;)

  17. popups46okay says:

    Is his wife asian?

  18. k39brownita says:

    wow. this guy made me really rethinkn about my goals in life. i will forever quote him

  19. wazzalegend says:

    Great man

  20. nurzumspass says:

    @punkmario06 Exactly! I don’t know if I will watch the whole thing, but the few minutes I watched allready are just great. Normally I get bored really quick with speeches, but not with this guy, let’s see how long I can take it :)

  21. sunny4u2k1 says:

    I am for the first time listening to “the last lecture” of this guy but I must say that this guy, Randy Pausch, is a quintessential about how one can happily, creatively, excitingly, meaningfully, and bravely live a fulfilling life and can lead others to do the same.

  22. wilburtrex says:

    What an advantage, knowing when and how you will die! How terrifying for the rest of us, not knowing when and how to be taken into that great beyond!

  23. anthonzi says:

    1:02:00 No one “decides” this. Motivational speaking in my experience has invariably displayed a complete ignorance of neurology and cognitive science and the diversity of the human mind.

    And there is no point in being exuberant when there is no reason to be so, or worse in the face of serious problems. It is tantamountly unhealthy to persist in a delusion of happiness.

  24. arpeggio1358 says:

    @Stain83 Thanks for the clarification.

  25. punkmario06 says:

    i cant believe that 1516 people dis-liked this, and im not saying this because its wrong that they disliked it because hes dead and its insensative, im sayin it because hes genuinly freaking hilarious and touches on some really damn good points about life. 1516 people seemingly have given up on theres already, proberbly sat at their computers 24/7 too

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