Randy Pausch - a brilliant professor at Carnegie Mellon University - who was dying from pancreatic cancer had only a few months to live. And he was having fun doing what he did best. Teaching.

He died yesterday.

I first saw the 11 minute snippet on Oprah where he talked about how we should live our lives.

- Live properly and the dreams will find you -Work and play well with others

• Tell the truth

• Apologize

• Have patience

- Show gratitude -Don't complain -work harder -Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.

-Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. -No one is pure evil. Find the best in everybody. Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you.

-Brick walls are there for a reason. They are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop people who don't want it badly enough.

-It is not about achieving your dreams but living your life. If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you.

-We can't change the cards we're dealt, just how we play the hand. If I'm not as depressed as you think I should be, I'm sorry to disappoint you.

You can watch Randy's video here:

http://strategycalls.com/video/video/show?id=2156627%3AVideo%3A442

 

/Angela