The speaker I selected was Professor Randy Pausch. I have read the book‚ “The Last Lecture” and was very moved by it. In the introduction he absolutely grabbed my attention. He was very humorous and engaging. Even using humor to discuss “the elephant in the room” and to show everyone how he was in good health. He makes you want to listen in the way he opened his “speech”. His nonverbal communication is excellent. He focuses on the audience (eye contact) through the entire speech. He walks
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Author Randy Pausch stated‚ "The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” in his bestseller book‚ The Last Lecture. The author explores the meaning of life’s difficulties‚ and how these difficulties shape our character and help us discover our own potential
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Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams My first words after the video were‚ “What an inspiring man.” Randy spoke with such excitement and joy. His body language was light and free. His voice was honest‚ relaxed‚ clear and confident. I had to start the video over in the very beginning‚ because I was confused on whom he was. I had to be reminded that he was the one with cancer‚ not someone he was talking about. I enjoyed listening to his positive and encouraging
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human population. Everyone has and should find their passions in life. Their passions should be there dreams. Discovering dreams can be a tough objective in society. People must figure out what they enjoy and what they are good at‚ or else their life’s journey can be a long ride. Dreams are also what people have a passion for‚ and will take on anything to achieve them. My first goal to achieve my dream is to go beyond the average person. I have decided to work towards a bachelor’s degree after high
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“The Lost Art of Thank-You Notes” It has become unfortunate that something as simple as a thank-you note has been slowly forgotten and less prominent to the point that when one is actually received‚ it almost seems unusual. I believe Randy Pausch was correct when he said‚ “Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.” The thank-you note is old-fashioned‚ simple and personal at the same time. Nevertheless‚ the emotion and gratitude that the gesture
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skeptical people around us‚ and the feeling of triumph gives us the power to go ahead and demonstrate to everybody that we can make the impossible possible. In the chapter‚ ”They Just Blew Me Away”‚ from The Last Lecture‚ the author‚ Professor Randy Pausch‚ discusses the amazing experience what he had with his students from Carnegie Mellon University and how he felt when his students blew him away. I‚ too‚ have had the experience of blowing away my computer programming teacher. These examples are
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Achieving Your Dream Striving for greatness comes with overcoming obstacles on the journey. Many people believe that in order to be accepted in society‚ you have to continuously be striving to be a better person. Nobody accepts who they really are and are constantly needing the approval of the people around them. In the movie October Sky‚ Homer Hickam is constantly trying to be accepted in his society and to his parents. From the experience in my life‚ having the approval of someone makes life
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Everyone has dreams and desires. I myself‚ used to desire my life to run smoothly and flawlessly; without problems‚ without worries. When I was in my early adolescence‚ I have always dreamed for a perfect teenage life with excellent results throughout the studies‚ amazing relationships with a huge circle of friends‚ and also all the expensive brands of clothes and goods. Nonetheless‚ growing up had really showed me that life is not at all about perfections and flawlessness. Joseph Epstein had mentioned
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capitalist or manager in the period from eighteen-sixty five to nineteen-fourteen with the African-American being at the low end of the rung and the capitalist being at the top. The newly freed African-American in the postwar South had the hardest time achieving freedoms due to white men considering them as inferior. As on southerner of the time said‚ the "ex-slave was not a free man; he was a free Negro" . This is best exemplified in the Black Codes and Jim Crow laws of the time. If we look at the African-American
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A man who had a dream of becoming reunited with his true love‚ Daisy Buchanan‚ Jay Gatsby was determined to make this dream a reality no matter the trials and tribulations. He achieved all of his goals through hard work and determination with his love for Daisy being the driving force behind his motivation. The title “The Great Gatsby” is very suitable because Gatsby’s power to make his dreams a reality is what makes him “great”. Gatsby began as James Gatz‚ a young seventeen year old boy from North
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