Randy shares with his audience that he has cancer and is going to pass away in the near future. Achieving your childhood dreams by randy pausch james clear. Randy pausch last lecture achieving your childhood dreams. The lecture, entitled really achieving your childhood dreams, wasnt about. Randy pausch, a computer science professor at carnegie mellon university pittsburgh, pa, gave his last lecture on september 18, 2007. Lessons from pauschs last lecture we may not change the cards we are given. During that final lecture, he talked about his childhood dreams and how he. The last lecture by randy pausch goodreads meet your. Pauschs last lecture encompasses lessons on life and achieving ones childhood dreams. Pausch mentions in his book that successful people are capable of.
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