The Last Lecture’s Leadership Lessons
Saturday, October 25th, 2008Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University whose “last lecture” about facing terminal cancer was watched by millions on YouTube. Randy finally succumbed to the decease on July 25th of this year but what he left behind will live on forever. His words bring meaning to leaders and others facing what may be a long period of challenge. His lessons were simple yet powerful as follows:
- Always Have Fun
- Dream Big
- Ask for What You Want
- Dare To Take a Risk
- Look for the Best In Everybody
- Make Time for What Matters
- Let Kids Be Themselves1
Watch Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture
- Pausch, Randy, (April 6, 2008), The Lessons I’ leaving Behind, Parade Magazine. (Adapted from the book The Last Lecture, by Randy Pausch and Wall Street Journal reporter Jeffrey Zaslow. Copyright © 2008 Randy Pausch. To be published by Hyperion. All rights reserved). ↩
