When Randy Pausch, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and 'given' between three and six months left to live he wrote The Last Lecture. This speech hit a cord with so many and led to him becoming famous worldwide. At the end of his speech he asked the audience whether they'd figured out the second head fake? He had written this beautiful piece of inspiration and advice for his children, not for those in attendance.
Randy wanted to leave something for his kids and this was it, a piece that discussed all the best advice he could think of, for when he wasn't there. On his personal website Randy expresses surprise at the amount of people,who have already viewed his speech video online. He admits that it was meant for his kids but that he's also really pleased if other people have taken value from it. At least the second head fake wasn't a waste. Go check it out at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/ Be inspired!
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