More from Randy Pausch

After a while trawling youtube I think this will be a 4 or 5 part series. In this post I wrap up some of the interviews from after he became a celebrity. I've just linked to most of them, but one or two are embedded. Links will open in new windows.

For more, just search youtube.

Diane Sawyer interview with Randy Pausch part 1:

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

 

Good Morning America, May 19, 2008

Interviewed by TIME

 

Addressing Congress:

Achieving your childhood dreams

Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In his moving presentation, "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams," Pausch talked about his lessons learned and gave advice to students on how to achieve their own career and personal goals.

Points to take away:

• "Brick Walls" are there to stop the people who don't want something enough - other people
• helping other people achieve their dreams can be just as rewarding as achieving your own

There are a lot of related videos on Youtube - interviews, follow ups and other recorded lectures presented by Randy, and I'll be working through those over the next little while.

Douglas Adams on Lemurs, the mating habits of the Kakapo,

Douglas Adams on Lemurs, the mating habits of the Kakapo, sundry other critters and our place in the world. Filmed in 2001 at the University of California

via http://www.ted.com/talks/douglas_adams_parrots_the_universe_and_everything.html

Point to take away:

• Just because we seem to fit into the world so well, doesn't mean it was made for us

We spend all our lives learning to be unhappy

Starting with the presentation which sparked the inspiration for this series, via the Chief Happiness Officer's blog - Dr. Srikumar S. Rao's presentation on finding happiness.

Points to take away

• the if - then mental model is broken
• invest in the process, not the outcome
• choose the journey you are on