This document provides a summary of key lessons from "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch. It discusses Randy teaching the importance of passion, courage, hard work, finding mentors, dreaming big, making every day count by following your heart, and developing self-reflection skills to improve. The document emphasizes handling adversity through persistence rather than excuses. Randy's biggest influence is believed to be finding meaning and giving life significance through one's passions and dreams.

2. What do you want out of
life?

3. Passion is the single most
important key to success!

4. Have PASSION about
something!
 (And I don’t mean the sexual kind, guys)

5. Work well with people, but
not TOO well…

6. Be Courageous
What are some examples of Randy showing his
amazing courage?

7. Know your worth!
 If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured

8. Dream and give
your life
meaning!
Significance creates
passion
Passion attracts
attention
Attention leads to action

9. We all make mistakes
sometimes…

10. Adversity: It’s how you
handle the problems that
count!
Adversity

11. MOTIVATION
 Life will never go Excuses
Results
exactly as we plan no
matter how hard we
try. It’s not the
problem, it’s how you
handle it. You can find
a reason to give
excuses or you find a
way to give results.
It’s really that simple

12. Persistence: You’ll need it
for the rest of your life!
 Rocky
 Be Tenacious!

13. Attitude is EVERYTHING!
Does this sound
Yeah…
familiar?

14. Make everyday count,
because it does!
Stand up for something…….……and follow your heart

15. Randy taught
us to…… Be
Work Hard
Passionate
What are some examples that Be
Be a leader
Randy taught us about hard Courageous
work?
Who do you think Randy’s single Find a
biggest influence was? Dream Big
Mentor
What has The Last Lecture taught
you about yourself?

16. Jordon
I'm a great believer in luck and I find the
harder I work, the more I have of it –
Thomas Jefferson

17. "In the end, educators best serve
students by helping them be more self-
reflective. The only way any of us can
improve... is if we develop a real ability
to assess ourselves. If we can't
accurately do that, how can we tell if
we're getting better or worse?"