Randy Pausch
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PhD Graduate at CMU
Recieved Computer Science Degree in 1988
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Terminal Diagnosis
"Three to Six Months of Good Health Left..."
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Co-founder of ETC
Organized the renown CMU Entertainment Technology Center
What Was He Known For?
Research Awards
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Copies of His Book Sold
Inspirational Lectures
Year of the "Last Lecture"
Randy Pausch Lecture: Time Management
5 Points From The Speech
1. Treat Time As a Commodity: To Ask Yourself - "How Much Is Your Time Worth An Hour?";
2. Time Famine: Rezlize That Learning Time-Management Is a Systemic Process and Is Solved In a Long-term;
3. The Overall Goal Is Fun: Goals, Priorities and Planning Should Undergo the WHY-Questioning;
4. 80-20 Rule: "a Very Small Number of Things on Your Life Are Gonna Contribute the Vast Majority of the Value"
5. Do the Ugliest Thing First: If You Have to Eat a Frog, Do Not Spend a Lot of Time Looking at it first. And If You Have to Eat 3 of Them, Do Not Start With The Small One.