Jordan Rippy

On the way home from New York I read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch. Inspiring. For those of you who don’t know, Randy Pausch is a college professor who recently found out that he only has three to six months of good health due to pancreatic cancer. This book recaps his last lecture on “How to Achieve Childhood Dreams”. I highly recommend this book. It’s an extremely read. If you’re not a big reader, at least check out the video of Randy’s lecture.

• “When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”
• “The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.”
• “Sometimes the most impenetrable brick walls are made of flesh.”
• “I know you’re smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn’t enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone else feel happy to be here.”
• “Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.”
• “Complaining does not work as a strategy.”
• “Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.”
• “When you go into the wilderness, the only thing you can count on is what you take with you.”