Randy Pausch Quotes

My coach knew there was only one way to develop (self esteem): You give children something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

And be prepared. Luck is truly where preparation meets opportunity.

It took me a long time but I finally figured it out: when it comes to men that are romantically interested in you, it's really simple: just ignore everything they say, and only pay attention to what they do. It's that simple. It's that easy.

So what is today's talk about then? It's about my childhood dreams and how I've achieved them — I've been very fortunate that way; how I believe I've been able to enable the dreams of others, and to some degree, lessons learned: I'm a professor — there should be some lessons learned — and how you can use the stuff you hear today to enable your dreams or enable the dreams of others. And as you get older you may find that enabling-the-dreams-of-others thing is even more fun.

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person any time, because hip is short-term. Earnest is long-term.

Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.

It's not about how to achieve your dreams, it's about how to lead your life, ... If you lead your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.

Randy Pausch on time management:
Here's what I know:
Time must be explicitly managed, like money.
You can always change your plan, but only if you have one.
Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things?
Develop a good filing system.
Rethink the telephone.
Delegate.
Take a time out.

Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.

Chính số phận đã chia các con bài, nhưng chúng ta mới là người chơi.

That is what it is. We can't change it. We just have to decide how we'll respond. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted .

You’ve got to get the fundamentals down, because otherwise the fancy stuff is not going to work.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

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