Randy Pausch, a truly inspirational man and also responsible for delivering the “Last Lecture” passed away a few days ago.

I wanted to take a minute to publicly thank him as well for his inspirational speech which really makes one think about their life.

If you have not yet seen the video, it’s worth watching (I’ve included it below).

Here’s something interesting I found. Last time I watched his video, it had a little over 500,000 views. On last check minutes back, look at how many views he had…

In just a few months he has TEN times as many views! You can definitely get a feeling for the impact he has had on lives. Not to mention the MILLIONS of copies of his book that are for sale right now.

Anyways, thanks a lot Randy, I hope to make even 5% of the influence you made and I’ll be a happy man!

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Every now and then I see a story that really strikes me and reminds me again why the “fighter mentality” is so important. Unfortunately many who are not stuck in dyer situations are not motivated enough to awaken the fighter mentality…

I found this video recently of Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon professor who encompasses everything I mean when I say “Awaken The Fighter Mentality.”

The video is called “The Last Lecture” for 2 reasons.

1. He used to do this lecture on “life happiness” every year as it is anyways and it would be his last lecture.
2. He was recently diagnosed with cancer and told that he had 6 months to live, so unfortunately in it’s most literal sense, this IS his last lecture.

I was very excited to see his attitude, enthusiasm and it did nothing but motivate me (as well as saddened me a bit to see his situation). Yes, he is still alive today, you can follow his health and great enthusiasm at the following blog:

http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/news/

Watch this video and think, learn and grow. It’s about 75 minutes long, so shut your door, grab something to drink and enjoy!

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