Achieving Your Childhood Dreams

Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who was dying of pancreatic cancer. He was only given months to live, and gave a last lecture before leaving the University last September. His lecture was entitled, "Achieving Your Childhood Dreams." It had a profound impact on me and how I want to live my life. If you have a chance, listen to the lecture or read the book and you will find that you walk away with a resolve to become a better person, by not only achieving your dreams but helping others to do the same.

During the lecture he talks about specific dreams he had as a child. Think about... "What were your dreams as a child?" and "What are your dreams as an adult?" I think having dreams or passions are what keeps us human; it's what keeps us excited about life. In his speech Randy says, "It's not that we actually achieve our dreams, it is what we learn along the journey."