This is one of the most inspiring video’s I’ve ever seen. Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon University where they have a tradition called “The Last Lecture”, which is the lecture you would give if you knew you were about to die.
In his case, it was very real… he knew he had terminal cancer in his pancreas, and he gave this amazing lecture and had it recorded on video and uploaded to YouTube. It has been viewed 4,031,952 times. In other words, it went viral simply by word of mouth.
Now, this isn’t about a lesson in marketing… it’s about a lesson in how to live your life. I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say it better. That’s why I want to help him spread his message.
Randy Pausch just passed away two days ago. To honor him and his dream of helping as many people realize their childhood dreams, I am placing these two videos on my blog and encouraging you to watch them.
The first is the full Last Lecture. It’s 76 minutes and 26 seconds long. Worth every minute. But I realize not everyone has the time. So I’ve also included a link to the shorter version when he appeared on Oprah. It’s 10 minutes and 10 seconds.
Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams (1:16:27)
Randy Pausch – The Last Lecture reprised on Oprah (10:10)
Here are a few the gems he passes on:
- The brick walls are there for a reason — they let us prove how badly we want things.
- When you are screwing up and nobody bothers to tell you, it means they have given up on you.
- Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted.
- Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress you
- Decide if you are a Tigger or Eeyore.
- Don’t complain just work harder
- If you live your life the right way, the karma will take care of itself, the dreams will come to you.
Be sure to pass this on to others after you watch it.
I’m presenting two NO BS sessions on Marketing at this years National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH) Annual Conference. If you want to make a six-figure income with your hypnosis business, you won’t want to miss my sessions.
I just got word that both of my courses will be on Friday August 8. The seminar on Google Adwords will be at 11AM and the How to Attract Clients Workshop will be at 2PM.
Between these two workshops, I’ll be covering hot topics in both Internet Marketing and Off-Line Marketing.
To succeed in business these days you MUST know how to market your services both online and off-line, so you should plan to attend both.
I’ll have some giveaways I’ll be announcing soon, plus some special bonuses for everyone who attends.
See you at the conference!
If you are a Hypnotist you should be jumping for joy. U.S. News & World Report did a feature story on Hypnosis as a treatment for those who want to stop smoking.
And it gets better… the story is based on a scientific study done at San Francisco VA Medical Center, and shows a significant impact of Hypnosis in helping people stop smoking.
The full results of the study were published in the May issue of Nicotine & Tobacco Research.
Lead author of the journal article, Timothy Carmody, had this to say “This study provides much-needed evidence that hypnosis is indeed a very helpful treatment”
Those of you who do Stop Smoking sessions have just been given a HUGE gift. This is one of the strongest Proof Elements I’ve seen for Hypnosis.
Be sure you get a news stand copy of U.S. News & World Report and a copy of the research study to hand out to every prospect who comes to you for smoking cessation.
And, as always, I recommend you send out a press release to your local media with you as the Stop Smoking Expert commenting on this new research.
Meanwhile, you can read the online version here:
That should get your wheels turning.
