The Last Lecture: Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams - Lessons in Living
Sep 2008 · Hachette UK
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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: 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 humour, 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.
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 humour, 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.
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Abishek Sonaji
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June 10, 2014
Although this one is a non-fictional, it puts us in the shoe of a person, whose gonna bid his goodbyes to his loved ones and doesn't feel that bad too. Moreover feels happy about it that he didn't face sudden tragic death and was given certain time to prepare his family about this ill struck fate. And to look upon how good has his life's been even before he was diagnosed with the cancer. And how everyone should appreciate life as it comes to you every second of everyday.
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May 16, 2018
Occasionally, i would rewatch the Last Lecture on Youtube. It always
reminded me of how valuable our time is and how much we should yearn to
live life and not just pass the days. Always inspired and reinspired by the
contents.
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senthamil paavai
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November 21, 2019
I began revisiting my life..Randy taught me something which no has ever taught..No matter what happens in my life, i am and i will be greatful for the day which god has offered me.
About the author
Randy Pausch was a professor of Computer Science, Human Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon University. From 1988-1997, he taught at the University of Virginia. He was an award-winning teacher and researcher, and worked with Adobe, Google, Electronic Arts (EA), and Walt Disney Imagineering, and pioneered the Alice project. He died in July 2008.
Jeffrey Zaslow, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, attended the last lecture, and wrote the story that helped fuel worldwide interest in it. He lives in suburban Detroit with his wife, Sherry, and daughters Jordan, Alex, and Eden
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