“Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.”

The Last Lecture (2007)

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American professor of computer science, human-computer inte… 1960–2008

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When Pausch spoke of "when you’re screwing up and nobody’s saying anything to you anymore, that means they gaveup." he was quoting an assistant coach of football coach James Graham
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“Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.”

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