Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch
Randolph Frederick "Randy" Pauschwas an American professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon Universityin Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth23 October 1950
CityBaltimore, MD
CountryUnited States of America
time-management matter commodity
Time is the only commodity that matters.
successful goal design
Tradition, history and respect; that kind of qualities I admire, that I want to see preserved. Time is the only commodity that matters. Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well; managing your time well makes you successful. Goals, Priorities, and Planning. Why am I doing this? What is the goal? Why will I succeed? What happen if I chose not to do it? 'Good judgement comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgement'.
stuff way last-lecture
When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.
last-lecture be-good valuable
Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
hard-work needs students
We need to make sure our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when they have it in them to work harder,
hard-work writing voice
I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.
hard-work waiting complaining
I feel like I'm waiting on something that isn't going to happen Don't complain; just work harder.
authority questioning
Respect authority while questioning it.
answers ifs
If you have a question, then find the answer.
tigger
Are you a Tigger or an Eyore?
dream thinking nfl
And even though I did not reach the NFL, I sometimes think I got more from persuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, then I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.
party arrogant third-parties
if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.
needs fixed
Not everything needs to be fixed
passage-of-time things-to-do passages
somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do