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Date: 8 - 10 and 14 - 16 Apr 2008

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Date: 10 - 14 Apr 2008

Place: around Victoria, BC, Canada

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Randy Pausch last lecture

What let's you get to achieve your dreams?

1. Parents, friends, teachers, mentors, colleagues and students.
   
2. Have fun.
   
3. Never lose the child-like wonder.
   
4. Help others.
   
5. Loyalty is a two way street.
   
6. Never give up.
   
7. Get people to help you.
   
8. You can’t get there alone.
   
9. I believe in Karma.
   
10. Tell the truth.
    
11. Be earnest.
    
12. Apologize when you screw up.
    
13. Focus on others, not yourself.
    
14. Brick walls let us show our dedication.
    
15. Don’t bail, the best gold is at the bottom of barrels of crap.
    
16. Get a feedback loop and listen to it.
    
17. Show gratitude.
    
18. Don’t complain, just work harder.
    
19. Be good at something. It makes you valuable.
    
20. Work hard.
    
21. Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it.
    
22. Be prepared. Luck is where preparation meets opportunity.
    

Source:

Randy Pausch's last lecture

Randy Pausch

Video 1:03 to 1:24

Slides 102 to 140

Paulo Coelho and meditation

Found Paulo Coelho mentioning meditation in his manual of the warrior of light.

The warrior of light needs time to himself. And he uses that time for rest, contemplation and contact with the Soul of the World. Even in the midst of a battle, he manages to meditate.

Occasionally, the warrior sits down, relaxes and lets everything that is happening around him continue to happen. He looks at the World as a spectator, he does not try to add to it or take away from it, he merely surrenders unresistingly to the moment of life.

Little by little, everything that complicated begins to become simple. And the warrior is glad.

What is a warrior of light?

A warrior of light is someone capable of:

understanding the miracle of life

fighting to the last for something he believes in

Source:

Manual of the warrior of light

Paulo Coelho

Page 183 & 184

HarperCollins

ISBN: 0007156324

All the World's roads lead to the heart

I am currently reading Paulo Coelho's manual of the warrior of light. He is the author of the alchemist. The book is like a Brazilian version of the Chinese art of war. I like to share 2 pages in the book that I found interesting.

All the World's roads lead to the heart of the warrior; he plunges unhesitatingly into the river of passions always flowing through his life.

The warrior knows that he is free to choose his desires and he makes these decisions with courage, detachment and sometimes with just a touch of madness.

He embraces his passions and enjoys them intensely. He knows that there is no need to renounce the pleasures of conquest; they are part of life and bring joy to all those who participate in them.

But he never loses sight of those things that last or of the strong bonds that are forged over time.

A warrior can distinguish between the transient and the enduring.

What is a warrior of light?

A warrior of light is someone capable of understanding the miracle of life and fighting to the last for something he believes in.

Source:
Manual of the warrior of light

Paulo Coelho

Page 4 & 5

HarperCollins

ISBN: 0007156324

Schools kill creativity

Education systems are educating children out of their creative capacities. Sir Ken Robinson urges us to rethink the fundamental principles on which we're educating our children.

See what we can't see

Recently Rochele told me a story. When Columbus ships came to America, the Native Indians could not see them coming. They thought their ships will clouds.

After reflecting on this story, I came to understand that we cannot see something that we do not know. If I am a Native Indian, how can I see ships when there are no ships in my World? How can we see what we don't know? How can we see what we can't see?

John Naisbitt says discoveries grow out of something that is already there. Ripe apples had always fallen to the ground but Isaac Newton saw "the deeper meaning." The Earth has always circled the sun but Copernicus and Galileo observed the evidence and make the connections. Geniuses often build on details that many people can spot but can't connect.

There are things we can see but others can't. There are things that others can see but we can't. Let's help each other to see what both of us can’t.

The John Naisbitt paragraph is taken from page 42 of his book - Mindset.