My Thoughts on 'The Last Lecture'

I really enjoyed watching Randy Pausch's last lecture. The lecture was about achieving your childhood dreams. It was very moving because he mentioned how he only had months to live, but he seemed as though he found a way to accept it. He said that you can't change the cards you are dealth and that you can only change how you play the hand.

In the lecture, he gives advice on how to achieve career goals and personal goals. He spoke about his childhood dreams in the lecture and how you can not only achieve your own dreams, but how you can enable the dreams of others. He was very humorous when he spoke about his own dreams which included being in zero gravity, playing in the NFL, authoring an article in the World Book encyclopedia, being like Captain Kirk, winning stuffed animals, and being a Disney imagineer.

I liked how he brought up the fact that there are always going to be brick walls and that they are only there to show how badly we want something. He told the audience how he learned from someone he admired that if you wait long enough, people will surprise you. It's an interesting statement to think about. Randy made it a point to say how you say things makes a difference in how people react to you and what you said. He also referred to having a mentor, which I think is interesting because everyone could use someone to look up to and be able to talk to. He said to be dedicated, don't bail, do the right thing, get feedback and listen, be good at something, find the best in everything, and be prepared.

All in all, I really liked the lecture. It was interesting to say the least, and I feel as though I'm taking some valuable information from it. It made me really think about how you should never take anything for granted, and you should appreciate everything you have and be happy. You should always go for your dreams and do whatever makes you happy and helps you succeed. You should achieve what you can, but as he said, "It's not about how you achieve your dreams, it's about how you lead your life."