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    http://www.thepracticeofleadership.net/2008/05/11/dr-randy-pauschs-last-lecture/ McCormick‚ Nick‚ (November 30‚ 2007). The Leadership Hub – Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture Retrieved September 30‚ 2010 from: http://www.theleadershiphub.com/userlog/randy-pauschs-last-lecture Wai Loon‚ Kris Lee (March 26‚ 2008) Suite 101 – Dr Retrieved September 30‚ 2010 from: http://www.suite101.com/content/dr-randy-pausch-a48824 Pausch Video – The Last Lecture Retrieved September 30‚ 2010 from:

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    was able to help and inspire many computer science students. 3. Having a Family Randy first met Jai‚ who was working part-time in the University of North Carolina Computer Science Department‚ when he gave his lecture about virtual reality technology in UNC. Soon after‚ they had fallen in love with each other and were married. When Jai was pregnant to Dylan‚ their first born child‚ she and Randy faced a great trial. Jai’s

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    Paper #2 February 28th 2012 When faced with the knowledge that you are about to do something you love for the last time‚ how would you react? When Randy Pausch‚ a virtual design professor at the University of Carnegie Mellon was given the diagnosis of liver cancer with only a few months to live‚ he knew that everything he did would be the last time he did it. Randy chose his last lecture to be an inspiring tribute to his life and the people who made it everything he wanted it to be. His incredible

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    The Last Lecture Whenever you hear about a tragedy that happened like a car crash‚ someone getting cancer‚ a mass shooting‚ someone catching a simple disease and dying. You think to yourself for a second and say‚ “that’s terrible‚ why does stuff like that happen in this world. Then you think to yourself of course that would never happen to me. Reading this book and watching the video makes you think that stuff like this happens to ordinary people just like me. Randy Pausch was a very smart man

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    My Personal Leadership Vision and Role as a Provider David Keirsey talks about in his book‚ Please Understand Me II‚ the role and purpose of a Guardian. According to Plato‚ Guardians were the ones to keep watch over the activities as well as the attitudes of the people in their circle. They held morally correct beliefs‚ as well as being alert to both the needs and the perils of others. Guardians are also able to store large amounts of information which they can later bring up in a conversation

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    Associate Level Material Individual Speech Evaluation Form Speaker Randy Pausch’s____________________________________________________ Topic Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams _____________________________________________________ Rating Scale 5-Excellent 4-Good 3-Average 2-Fair 1-Poor | | | | | |Introduction

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    the cards we are dealt‚ just how we play the hand.” -Randy Pausch  The Last Lecture can teach a lot about the importance of life.  Randy Pausch found out he only had so long left to live and through his last lecture and this book he shows how important it is to live every moment as it is the last because it just might be.  He was asked to give a last lecture as many professors are‚ except he wouldn’t need to pretend it was his last because he was diagnosed with terminal cancer.  Throughout the book

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    On September 18‚ 2007‚ Dr. Pausch gave his memorable “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon University. It is a tradition at Carnegie Mellon University that when a professor is retiring‚ they give one last lecture as their final goodbye. The idea of this lecture is to give an hour long speech that covers everything an individual would want to say if you were hypothetically dying. In spite of this‚ in Dr. Pausch’s case‚ he was literally dying with a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer this being the

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    SER: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch: Essay Revisions “Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them- even if someone has practically had to throw you over- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.” -Randy Pausch‚ The Last Lecture‚ (page 174). Mr. Pausch wrote The Last Lecture not long after he discovered he had ten tumors in his liver‚ with only three months left to live. Pausch says‚ “We cannot change the cards we are dealt‚ just how we play the hand.” (page

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    In the book The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch‚ there were many lessons of wisdom and words to live by. Randy Pausch decided to write a book about himself‚ and his last lecture because he was dying soon. Randy was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer‚ and even after multiple treatments of the hardest chemo and radiation therapy‚ ten tumors managed to move onto his liver‚ giving him only three to five months to live. After finding this out‚ Randy battles with the cancer and how to prepare his children’s

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