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Carnegie Mellon Professor Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) gave his last lecture at the university Sept. 18, 2007, before a packed McConomy Auditorium. In this deeply powerful lecture, he provides a number of great examples of where he ran into a brick wall and yet still made his dream happen. One of his lessons that he shares is that the “brick walls are for the OTHER people. The people who don’t want it as bad as you.”
In a similar vein, what if the brick walls aren’t really brick walls? What if you could regard them as walls on swimming pool? As a swimmer you can of course choose to be stopped by the wall and continue ramming your head into the wall…each time cursing at the wall and saying “WHY ME! why, oh, why does this brick wall ALWAYS get in my way!”
Or, you might choose like many swimmers to regard the wall as something to turn and kick off of, gaining more momentum and speed as you turn using it as a spring board, not a stopping point.
So, what if you asked yourself, what are you currently regarding as a brick wall? What are you allowing to get in your way?
- What else could you do? What is another way to see the situation?
- Who else might you speak with to get another perspective?
- What about your approach or energy might you choose to change to better facilitate a solution?
So, truly, what if not only are the brick walls for the OTHER people, but also that the walls might actually be spring boards so long as you are focused and on a mission?
What might that mean for you?
Perspective
Posted by: lyricalpurpose on: January 25, 2009
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What if we could see life not as a series of arbitrary barriers preventing us from experiencing success?
What if we could believe that life is not a chronological time-line where we struggle, gasping through each day holding out for the mystical “someday” of calm security?
What if we can imagine life not as a marathon run at spring pacing, where we never measure up to the insistent to-do list, and we perpetually aren’t good enough to enjoy happiness
What if instead we could choose to see life as a building process where learning from each experience, each relationship, each layer has purpose?
What if it was possible to believe that we create our solid foundation of success by living our values in daily practice?
What if we could imagine that we find success every day when we move with passionate curiosity?
How might the whole process become more meaningful, joyful, and successful, if we each had a purpose we could practice with passion each day in each relationship?