Randy PauschThe Last Lecture, CMU Professor(Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008)

By Loucynda Escobar3/31/11

Major Accomplishments

• The Last Lecture was book #1 on Amazon.com and spent 85 weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers List

• In May 2008, he was named one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the World by Times magazine

• Recognized as a pioneer of virtual reality research

Inspiring Quotes from Randy PauschRelated to this class

• "The best caregiving advice we've ever heard comes from flight attendants: 'Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.' Jai is such a giver that she often forgets to take care of herself. When we become physically or emotionally run down, we can't help anybody else, least of all small children. So there's nothing weak or selfish about taking some fraction of your day to be alone, recharging your batteries."

• “For Mother's Day, we managed to arrange to have Jai get away for a night in a local hotel, where she was able to sleep in until 9am; a truly rare treat for a mother of three little kids!”

• “But even with the deadline unknown we can choose how to live the time we have – that choice is individual.” (ALA-APA)

More Inspiring Quotes from Randy Pausch• “The brick walls are there for a reason. They’re

not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.”

• “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”