Pausch Childhood

Pausch argues that you shouldn’t dismiss your childhood dreams because as wild as they seem you will still be able to learn from them. His dreams as a child were being in zero gravity, the NFL, contributing to the world book, being Captain James Kirk, and to be an inventor for Disney. Pausch says “He was able to accomplish every dream in one way or another,”( __). Although not every dream is attainable, lessons can be learned from attempting. Clearly he didn’t grow up to play in the NFL, but he has taken lessons from football that have stuck with him throughout his life, such as hard work makes you stronger. “When Coach Graham first got hold of me, I was this wimpy kid with no skills, no physical strength, and no conditioning. But he made me realize that if I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can’t do today,” (44). He refers to this as a head …show more content…
After all, the most powerful leaders are those who empower others.”It’s a thrill to fulfill your own dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun” (120). Pausch uses many examples of how he enabled other dreams, in particular he helped his friend Tommy, accomplish his dreams of working with star war movies. Throughout the story Pausch states the importance of enabling your own and others childhood dreams. Pausch has very high dreams for his children with hopes of motivating them to accomplish them, “So my dreams for my kids are very exact: I want them to find their own path to fulfillment. And given that I won’t be there, I want to make this clear: Kids, don’t try to figure out what I wanted you to become. I want you to become what you want to become,” (214). It is important for people to set and full fill their own dreams because it is their own life. Often times success with dreams are a universal theme when dealing with