Inspired from the book the Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (must read) Randy died of cancer before which he gave a last lecture which wasn’t about dying but living and realizing your dreams. I found some of the best quotes from the book, reproduced here, gems of wisdom that I would like to carry with me.
“When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody’s bothering to tell you anymore, that is a bad place to be, that means they’ve given up on you. You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you that they still love you and care about you and want to make you better.” Having never been able to handle criticism well (i always felt people are out to get me:)), this made a lot of sense.
"The brick walls in our lives are there for a reason. They are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
"If you wait long enough people will surprise and impress you.” When you are frustrated with people, when they have made you angry, it just may be because you haven’t given them enough time.” But in the end, people will show you their good side. Almost everybody has a good side. Just keep waiting. It will come out.”
“Experience is what you get when you dint get what you wanted.”
“Showing gratitude is the simplest and yet most powerful things humans can do. I think that thank – you notes are best done the old fashioned way, with pen and paper.” (This I subscribe to!)
“When you go out in the wilderness, the only thing you can count on is what you take with you.”
“When giving an apology, any performance lower than an A doesn’t cut it.”
This one’s for the girls: It took a long time, but I have finally figured it out. When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it’s really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
