Archive for July, 2008

There are certain videos that really can lift you up and give you hope, no matter from what problem you are suffering.

The problems we have always seem so big, so unsolvable. What can help us here is a change of perspective: Your problem is perhaps someone else’s dream.

“There is always someone else who is suffering more than you do”, people used to tell me. I’ve never understood that.

How can someone else’s problems give me comfort?

Truth is: they can’t.

What GIVES us comfort is how people courageously endured and overcame their problems that are so bigger than our own.

This is what gives us hope, this is what makes us look at OUR problems differently.

The following video is a perfect example.

Randy Pausch reprized his famous “Last Lecture” in the Oprah Show.

I’m sorry to say that Randy Pausch died yesterday.

Please take a few minutes and watch this video. You won’t regret it.

Here are a few inspirational sayings and quotes from this video you SHOULD remember and internalize:

“Life is about achieving childhood dreams”

“I don’t choose to be an object of pity”

“Experience is what you get, when you don’t get what you want”

“Brick walls are there for a reason: they let us prove how badly we want things”

“Never underestimate the importance of having fun”

“My parents taught me about the importance of people vs. things”

“Decide if you’re Tigger or Eeyore”

“Live with integrity”

“A good apology has three parts: 1. I’m sorry! 2. It was my fault! 3. How do I make it right?”

“Wait long enough and people WILL show you their good side. Be patient”

“Show gratitude”

“Don’t complain; just work harder”

“If you live your life the right way, the Karma will take care of itself. The dreams will come to you”

If you are interested in watching the complete “Last Lecture”, here it is:

Thank you Randy, your courage and positive view on the world will continue to inspire and help people throughout the planet.

You will be remembered.

In Memoriam: Randy Pausch (1960-2008)

Eddie Corbano

Let me tell you a little story.

Over 18 years ago there was this really great guy. We were good friends and spent most of our free time together. He was a super handsome guy – I mean not only handsome, he was some sort of a model.

He had this gift when it came to meeting girls. There really weren’t any who could resist him. I mean, they would keep approaching him and they all behaved like they were hypnotized.

No matter what place we went to, be it a club, a bar, a library, even at a gas-station, he always somehow managed to find the most stunning girl I had ever seen, and he always got their number. Every single time.

Amazing. Shocking.

Needless to say that it was fun sticking around with him, as I’d always profit from his pickups, (the girls had “friends”of course).

The question was: How did he do that?

I remember that I always thought, “No problem.  If I had his Brat-Pitt-meets-George-Clooney-face, I would be a lady-killer too”.

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