A few weeks ago I didn’t know who Randy Pausch was, and I admit that I stumbled upon his speech and his story quite accidently. After learning the backstory, I watched the speech, and was just captivated. Although titled ‘Achieving your childhood dreams’ it boils down to passing on all the lessons learned on how to live a good life. When he revealed his true intention for giving the speech at the end, I just had a lump in my throat and it was one of those rare moments where I was truly moved.

Anyways, I’m not sure why it’s no longer on youtube, but I did find a shorter version of his speech here-

If you have an hour to watch the entire speech, or want to read the book (I’m halfway through); both can be found here-

http://www.cmu.edu/uls/journeys/randy-pausch/index.html

I highly recommend checking it out, it’s time well spent.