Things to Learn.....

Dr. Randy Pausch, in his last days, took the world by a storm.

His lecture, titled "The Last Lecture" has been viewed ( or read) by millions worldwide.

Though I haven't had the chance to see the video or read the entire article.. here are a few snippets I found from here and there which I found very interesting.

• When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

• Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you. He said, when you are pissed off at somebody, and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time — and they'll almost always impress you

• The best gift an educator can give is to get someone to become self reflective.

• The best way to teach somebody something is to have them think they're learning something else.

• Respect authority while questioning it.

• You just have to decide whether you are Tigger or an Eeyore. You have to be clear where you stand on the Tigger/Eeyore debate.

• Never lose the child-like wonder. It's just too important. It's what drives us.

• Help others.

• It took me a long time but I finally figured it out: when it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it's really simple: just ignore everything they say, and only pay attention to what they do. It's that simple. It's that easy.

• You get people to help you by telling the truth; by being earnest. I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

• You can't get there alone and I believe in karma.

• Tell the truth.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, "Tell the Truth." If I got three more words, I'd add, "All the time."

• Be earnest.

• Apologize when you screw up.

• Focus on other people, not on yourself.

• 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 show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!
  

Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.

• Get a feedback loop and listen to it. ... When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it.

• Show gratitude.

• Don't complain; just work harder.

• Be good at something. It makes you valuable.

• Find the best in everybody.

• Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.
  

• Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.
  

• Never give up: There are certain times that you think, “OK, you have beaten me down to my knees. And now the challenge is, I am on my knees and you keep on beating me down. And the question is, are you going to keep beating me all the way to the ground or will I find a way to struggle my way back on to my feet.”
  

• We all stand on the dart board and very few of us catch the darts. Do not think it is unfair. It is fair but you are unlucky.
  

• Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories. And they will figure out how those stories apply to them.
  

• It is not the things we do in life that we regret on our death bed. It is the things we do not. Find your passion and follow it. And if there is anything that I have learned in life, you will not find that passion in things. And you will not find that passion in money. Because the more things and the more money you have, the more you will just look around and use that as the metric — and there will always be someone with more. Your passion must come from the things that fuel you from the inside. That passion will be grounded in people. It will be grounded in the relationships you have with people and what they think of you when your time comes.