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Childhood Dreams - by Christian O’Connell

July 29th, 2008

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As we get older we tend to dream less and less. I was forever being told off at school for either talking too much or daydreaming. Now I am paid to do both. So f**k you Mr Barnes the chemistry teacher!

Anyway. Mr Parigi last week spoke of the intellectual fatigue in commercial radio, I think its more like catatonic to be honest. Not in our building, but around the industry. Geoff has spoken out about the blinkered thinking and how exciting it is now to be encouraged to dream and let our imaginations really go.

I’d like to start a monthly little get together where we can talk about ideas you have that could get the breakfast show bigger and better. Shows like mine are teamwork and we live and devour new ideas and thinking. If you’d like to be part of this dreaming please let me know.

And now something different which made me blub this weekend…..and its not Who Dares Sings or Last Choir Standing.

On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University in America to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.”

With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.

Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. a few days ago he died. his video of the lecture he made has been seen millions of times, its up to you whether you want to see it.

Its over an hour long but worth checking out.

4 Comments

  1. Serena Maya,
    August 7th, 2008 at 6:09 pm:

    Thanks very much Christian..! I am still working very hard to achieve MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS..! Also thanks for the link to the lecture..I’ve watched half of it and have found it very helpful. Looking forward to having you, Brian and Roque back on the Radio next week..! Serena :)


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  2. Adam Francis,
    August 15th, 2008 at 6:01 pm:

    Christian

    I read this entry a while back, and immediately found and bookmarked Randy’s lecture on YouTube.

    Only today have I got round to watching it and it is truly inspiring.

    Just wanted to say thank you for suggesting it should be watched. It was absolutely brilliant.

    Cheers


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  3. RaisingD,
    August 20th, 2008 at 1:59 am:

    “I’ve watched half of it and have found it very helpful…..”

    Watch it all…you’ve only half filled your glass.


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  4. Serena Maya,
    September 4th, 2008 at 2:33 pm:

    Thank you RaisingD, but my glass is FULL..! We watched the whole lecture the very next day - back on August 8th..! : )


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