Friday, August 5, 2011

*~Have you figured out the second head fake?~*

When I first read this question/ topic, I was very confused, as I had no idea what it was about... I then went on to trusty Google and found out about the man who created the Second head fake, Randy Pausch. He was a life teacher and what an inspirational one he was. Randy was a Carnegie Mellon Professor with terminal cancer who died at the age of 47.
His final speech became an Internet sensation and the basis for a new book called, The Last Lecture.

I have yet to watch his entire speech, but some interesting and true quotes that I found, said by him include:

"You cannot change the cards you are dealt. Just how you play the hand."
"Don't complain. Just work harder."
"Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity."
"Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted."
And one of my favourites:
"The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to chow how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough."

What I have found thus far about Randy Pausch has been truly inspiring and I am so glad we were given this topic to introduce him to me...

Lastly, he says: "Did you figure out the head fake? It's not about how to achieve your dreams. It's about how to lead your life the right way... the dreams will come to you. Did you figure out the second head fake? The talk's not for you (implying his students). It's for my kids."
With this he wanted his children to know the kind of man he was and to teach them what he had learned...

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