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My company has a weekly Monday morning sales meeting. Consulting Engineers are not required to attend but are encouraged to make it as often as possible. I usually dial in and listen, but from time to time like to show up and sit in the back row. Honestly, I never expect to gain much other than getting an understanding of what kind of month we’re having and the occasional insight into the executive direction and strategy. This Monday was different. Steve, our President and CEO who usually hosts the meeting, immediately began telling us about his personal life and challenges. I won’t go into what he said, but apparently he was inspired to do so because he watched Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.

Steve wanted his employees to see and hear how Randy Pausch, a terminally ill Carnegie Mellon professor, dealt with the “brick walls” in his way of achieving his childhood dreams. After listening to Steve talk and only watching the first 25 minutes of the YouTube video during the meeting, it was also obvious that through this recorded lecture Steve was renewed in spirit with an energy to face the tough times he was going through now both professionally and personally. Steve wanted to share some of Randy Pausch’s magic with his company, and therefore me.

I’m not usually a fan of motivational speeches or books. If you look at my book shelf it is full of Read the rest of this entry »