Randy Pausch Life Lessons
One lesson I learned from The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch is that challenges are there for a reason, and I have to push through them. He said, “the brick walls are there for a reason. They’re not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.” (Pausch 59) By this he means that challenges will be present throughout life, but they test the individual's determination. He said “they’re there to stop the other people.” (Pausch 80) The “other people” are the lazy ones, who don’t have the power to push through obstacles. To be successful in life many challenges will arise, and the most determined will go further. Challenges in life may knock people around and cause rough times. Pausch said
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Personally, I was faced with a tough challenge during my track season, I happened to get stress fractures on my shin which left me out three and a half months. To push through this challenge, I decided to bike and workout everyday to keep my fitness up. As I finally came back to practice it was tough, but I kept pushing myself. At the end of the season my 4x800 relay ended up getting third at states with the fifth fastest time ran in the country. I would say that brick wall was smashed. Pausch said “Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals.” I did my best to not complain about the situation I was in, and worked very hard. This lesson can also apply to many other situations people may experience such as having a hard test coming up that requires hours of studying, job interviews, being diagnosed with a sickness, and much more. The ones who get through these obstacles are the ones who are determined and won’t give up. It is very important that everyone learns to push through the bumps life gives them, or life won’t lived to the fullest. Pausch decided to push through al the problems and went a long way in life. Everyone should strive to have the determination like
Personally, I was faced with a tough challenge during my track season, I happened to get stress fractures on my shin which left me out three and a half months. To push through this challenge, I decided to bike and workout everyday to keep my fitness up. As I finally came back to practice it was tough, but I kept pushing myself. At the end of the season my 4x800 relay ended up getting third at states with the fifth fastest time ran in the country. I would say that brick wall was smashed. Pausch said “Complaining does not work as a strategy. We all have finite time and energy. Any time we spend whining is unlikely to help us achieve our goals.” I did my best to not complain about the situation I was in, and worked very hard. This lesson can also apply to many other situations people may experience such as having a hard test coming up that requires hours of studying, job interviews, being diagnosed with a sickness, and much more. The ones who get through these obstacles are the ones who are determined and won’t give up. It is very important that everyone learns to push through the bumps life gives them, or life won’t lived to the fullest. Pausch decided to push through al the problems and went a long way in life. Everyone should strive to have the determination like