The Last Lecture

by Randy Pausch

My dad gave me advice on how to negotiate my way through life. He’d say things like: “Never make a decision until you have to.” He’d also warn me that even if I was in a position of strength, whether at work or in relationships, I had to play fair. “Just because you’re in the driver’s seat,” he’d say, “doesn’t mean you have to run people over.”

“When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”

Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.