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11 Time Management Tips Inspired by Dr. Randy Pausch’s Life and Death
Imagine knowing the day you’re going to die.
How would knowing when you were going to die impact how you manage your time today? It’s a serious question to ponder.
Allow me to introduce you to Randy Pausch and his inspiring story. His story and how we approached life in the face of his own mortality will inspire you to go after your goals. You will discover that you can and will do amazing things once you realize that life on this earth is short.
About Dr. Randy Pausch
Dr. Randy Pausch (October 23, 1960 — July 25, 2008) was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. Much of his work was focused on developing virtual reality technology.
Dr. Pausch was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in August 2007 and was given three to six months to live. He was an efficiency freak before his diagnosis, but his diagnosis really put efficiency and his childhood dreams into perspective. With the end of his life as a near reality, Randy Pausch became determined to share how others could achieve their wildest dreams. This blog post outlines some motivating time management principles that I gathered from Dr. Pausch’s last lecture on Sept. 18, 2007.
