Summary Of The Last Lecture By Randy Pausch

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Randy Pausch in the last lecture video was inspirational. The way he started his lecture was very intriguing and it kept me interested. Randy opened up talking about how he was dying and he was in better shape than most of the audience members he even did a mini demonstration. He also talked about how he has accepted the fact that he is dying but he is trying to make the most of his last days that he has alive. Randy talked about how he had made a list of things at the beginning of the speech that he had made as a kid and what he did to fulfill those. Throughout the video as he told how he completed these things it was evident to me that he was a very driven individual. I was shocked to see the energy level and his positive attitude throughout

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