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2014년 8월 29일 금요일

PE 8/26 Randy Pausch’s Speech: The Last Lecture – Part 4

Get a feedback loop and listen to it. Your feedback loop can be this dorky spreadsheet thing I did, or I can just be one great man who tells you what you need to hear.
* dorky: uncool; nerdy; not fashionable
ex> My dorky classmates from high school are all Internet millionaires now.

The hard part is the listening to it. Anybody can get chewed out. It’s the rare person who says, oh my god, you were right. As opposed to, no wait, the real reason is… We've all heard that. When people give you feedback, cherish it and use it. Show gratitude.
* get chewed out/chew out: to be reprimanded
ex> My boss chewed me out in front of the entire office.
* as opposed to: instead of
ex> Some people like to stay home for vacation, as opposed to going to a resort and partying for a week.

When I got tenure I took all of my research team down to Disney world for a week. And one of the other professors at Virginia said, how can you do that? I said these people just busted their ass and got me the best job in the world for life. How could I not do that?
* bust one’s ass/butt: to work extremely hard
ex> You don’t have to bust your butt non-stop, but keep in mind that the project is due in a week.

One of the things that Jon Snoddy as I said told me, is that you might have to wait a long time, sometimes years, but people will show you their good side. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes.
* ~ side: a part of one’s personality
ex> If you get on my bad side, I can make life very hard for you.

ex> Don’t be frightened by Rex’s tough exterior. He has a real soft side when you get to know him.

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