One key factor in the downward spiral in our educational system is that there is too much stroking and too little real feedback.

Randy Pausch on time management: Here's what I know: Time must be explicitly managed, like money. You can always change your plan, but only if you have one. Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things? Develop a good filing system. Rethink the telephone. Delegate. Take a time out. Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.

Find your passion and follow it. You wont find that passion in things or money. Your passion must come from what fuels you from the inside. It will be grounded in the relationships you have with people and what they think of you when your time comes.

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

Not everything needs to be fixed

Most people who have told a lie think they got away with it … when in fact, they didn’t

No matter how bad things are, you can always make things worse. At the same time, it is often within your power to make them better