Visit our new and improved website: www.values.com! Whether you are looking for inspirational stories, billboards, quotes or TV spots, values.com is the place to go. We’ve added a new feature that sorts by value—for example, find all the things on our site related to determination by simply clicking on the determination link on the homepage.

Or, find out which values mean the most to you by taking our values quizzes on the homepage. Maybe even send an e-card to someone you know who needs a little encouragement today. Spend some time on our site and find your favorite pages... and then…Pass It On!

We would also love YOUR help! We want you to submit your photos that represent the values most important to you. We want to see your inspirational stories on values.com. And we are always looking for new values and new quotes—send them to us today!

Lastly, we would love your feedback—what could we do better? What would make the website easier to use or more fun? Please email us your comments—just write to brooke@values.com and let us know.

When forty five year old Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer he chose to focus on living rather than dying. As a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Randy was asked to deliver a ‘last lecture’—a well-known tradition on campus that allowed for professors to take a break from academia and share worldly wisdom with students as if, hypothetically, they were dying and had one last lecture left to give. The only difference in Randy’s case is that Randy really was dying, a fact that only motivated him more. He agreed to deliver his last lecture, ‘Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams’ on September 18, 2007 to a packed McConomy Auditorium.

Randy began by sharing several of his boyhood dreams—some which he had achieved and others he hadn’t. He described the importance of having dreams and how you can still learn a lot by trying for your dreams even if you don’t always succeed. He shared the values he learned through his experiences that he hopes to pass on to others: integrity, honesty, character, hard work, laughter and gratitude.

Read Randy’s full story or Pass It On to your friends!

Request yours now—they are going fast! We offer a set of free posters to schools, colleges and universities, non-profits, hospitals, churches, and corporations. We are currently clearing out our inventory to make room for new ones, so request yours now! Visit: http://www.values.com/media_requests/new/school.

We’ve created an easy way to add The Foundation for a Better Life “Quote-of-the-Day” to your MySpace, Facebook, blog, or other webpage. Now you can pass our inspirational quotes on to everyone who visits your webpage! Get the widget.

Visit our sister foundation, The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, for ideas on how to promote Random Acts of Kindness in your school, community, or personal life. www.actsofkindness.org