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Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

當你突然發現自己快要離世, 或是自己因病將不能繼續自己最引以為傲的技術時, 你會意志消沈或是好好面對呢?  以下是其中一個這樣的小故事....

Randy Pausch是個很特別的人. 他在Carnegie Mellon大學做了一個很有名的演講 the 'Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams'. 這場演講也是他最後的演講, 這是他為了留給他年幼的孩子們一點說話而舉行的演講.  因為他得了胰臟癌. Dr. Pausch在二零零八年的七月二十五日去世, 享年四十七歲. 他是次演講在Youtube上被看過超過六百萬次, 而講詞也被編緝成書, 'The Last Lecture'.


".....If you look at my CAT scans, there are approximately 10 tumors in
my liver, and the doctors told me 3-6 months of good health left. That was a month
ago, so you can do the math........So that is what it is. We can’t change it, and we just have to decide how we’re going to respond to that. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand....

To achieve Your Childhood Dreams,
Get a feedback loop and listen to it.....Show gratitude.......Don’t complain......Be good at something, it makes you valuable.....Work hard......Find the best in everybody......And be prepared...."

演講稿連結 (中英對照)


The "Last Lecture"
I am flattered and embarassed by all the recent attention to my "Last Lecture." I am told that, including abridged versions, over six million people have viewed the lecture online. The lecture really was for my kids, but if others are finding value in it, that is wonderful. But rest assured; I'm hardly unique. Send your kids to Carnegie Mellon and the other professors here will teach them valuable life lessons long after I'm gone.                            -- Randy

(Source: http://download.srv.cs.cmu.edu/~pausch/ ; http://www.thelastlecture.com/aboutbk.htm)