We all do it, all the time. Someone asks us to fix that shelf, we say we’ll get around to it next week. We have an intention to get fit…after Christmas, we plan to take that trip after a big project.
‘You never know what’s around the corner’ is a cliche, yet, it is of course very true, well all know this. The problem is we never think that what’s around the corner will stop us from doing the thing we know we should do. Just how wrong can we be? Well I would ask anyone who is waiting to set themselves free of good intentions to watch this most inspiring lecture by the late Professor Randy Pausch, who at the time of this lecture knew that he had very little time left to live.
Professor Pausch talks about acheiving childhood dreams and his views and advice are indeed powerful, but the most powerful thing I found was that he knew he had little time left and made sure he got his message out and his dream in motion.
He knew what was around the corner, and yet I suspect even if he didn’t he would still have gone for it.
