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be fully engaged in life, cherish the present, but how do i get out of this slump?


brick walls are there to stop people who dont want it badly enough, theyre there to stop other people


brick walls are there for us to show how badly we want something

there are no no win circumstances - cpt kirk, star trek

two deans saying they dont know if its a good idea but one let him do it

if you want to teach someone something, you can teach them indirectly like building self confidence through consecutive wins

if you can dream it, you can do it!
- walt disney

fax machine is used as like an old school way of sending pdfs or documents by scanning your paper then dialing another fax machine, converting paper's info into binary numbers, and then converting and sending the information of the paper through audio signal and then the other machine prints it

so far, very simple to understand, seems like this is pausch's choice hopefully throughout this book, easy to digest but very direct and informative lessons

lesson of the day (not necessarily from this book but from my own mind): do not place importance on something only when it is scarce. ex: a family member losing their health, or becoming unhealthy, your youth, time spent do anything. LIVE IN THE PRESENT W JESUS