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--Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy? When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living. In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come. | | | Features: | |
• ISBN13: 9781401323257
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Randy Pausch | | Hardcover:
| 224 pages | | Publisher:
| Hyperion | | Publication Date:
| April 08, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1401323251 | | Package Length:
| 10.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.65 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 1041 reviews |
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 InspirationNov 21, 2009
This man had immeasurable courage. The power of positive thinking rang true throughout the book. There are so many every day applications to take from Randy's experiences, applicable to both your personal and professional lives. Young and old alike can learn valuable and pertinent lessons from this must read book.
you can learn a lot from one man? FACTNov 20, 2009
I love picking a good book and even more so enjoy applying what ive read to the real world. guess my Harry Potter days are put on hold, more into the nonfiction. an inspiring soul that everyone should know about. Randy teaches us how to become better people with gratitude, being consistent and imaginative in our commitments to friends, coworkers, and the most import ones, our family. Definitely watch a couple mins of his video so you can get locked into his story and goofy humor. read the book before you watch the rest of the lecture, its a great combination to really understand what Randy wants us to feel when he gives his Last Lecture. Highly recommend this cook and im sure you will end up passing this wonderful, heartfelt (yet humorous) lecture to friends and family. I recently read, 90 minutes in heaven by Don Piper and "either you're in or you're in the way" by the Miller brothers, our hometown buddies. both great stories!
A Must read book for everyone.Nov 20, 2009
A must read book for every parent, friend, co-worker and boss. I liked the video Last Lecture and I love the book. Filled with little nuggests of life lessons and life advice.
Great ReadNov 18, 2009
This was a great book. Easy read- one sitting. It was a nice 'life perspective' book. An inspiration and a pick-me-up. Worth the buy, pass it around to all your loved ones.
ignites the pages with life and hopeOct 29, 2009
Last Lecture is a grand story of a mans life, who he is , where he came from and his journey down the river of life. It has the feel and glory of Huck Fin, a story told with an open heart and an honest soul.
When Randy Pausch is diagnosed with terminal cancer he had the desire to leave something of great value to his family. It would need to be something timeless and have the ability to provide a well spring for the love he would be unable to give in person. It would need to convey the important lessons he felt his children would have learned were he able to live a normal lifespan.
Randy Pausch gathered the moments in his life that he felt were self defining moments, the times when a persons eyes are opened to the truly important things that need to become a priority and thereby guide them towards becoming better people. They are the moments when the blinders come off and one realizes that there are really only a few things that give value to life. Material things become "just" material things. Family, love, encouragement, honesty and a childlike sense of fascination flow with a vitality that ignites the pages with life and the very real promise of eternal hope.
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