Randy Pausch
Hardcover | Pages: 206 pages Rating: 4.26 | 291241 Users | 16777 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Last Lecture |
| Author | : | Randy Pausch |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 206 pages |
| Published | : | April 8th 2008 by Hachette Books |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Thriller. Fiction. Mystery Thriller. Suspense |
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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.
Details Books As The Last Lecture
| Original Title: | The Last Lecture |
| ISBN: | 1401323251 (ISBN13: 9781401323257) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Randy Pausch |
| Literary Awards: | Audie Award for Biography/Memoir (2009) |
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Ratings: 4.26 From 291241 Users | 16777 ReviewsArticle About Books The Last Lecture
I am writing this review with barely 4 hours to go before 2013. I picked this book up to inspire me to face another year. I learned about this book when I took our company-mandated safety leadership training last month. Our corporate safety manager talked highly of this as he related Randy Pausch's very personal experience with what one person's ultimate objective in life, i.e., what should really matter to each of us in the training room.For those who are not familiar with this 2008 bestselling
My review of this book will not be popular, but I must be honest. I'm halfway through this book, and although I appreciate a positive voice, it's really not that interesting or helpful. If I could sum up this book in three words, they would be "yay for me". The author tells us how great his childhood was, then that he accomplished all his childhood dreams, got the girl of his dreams...etc etc etc. It's really not a book how to better your own life, as much as it him telling us how great his life
THIS BOOK BLEW ME AWAY!!! Yeah I really won't be able to give a coherent review.Suffice to say that this is human beings at their best. You might not agree with all of Randy's lessons, but he tells you from the get go that this is what he thinks and he did it all for his kids.Towards the end I cried because there really isn't another word to describe the whole thing but genuine. The book was published when he was still alive, but I read it when he had already passed away so it was even more
I'm appending this with the review I wrote for my paper: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08097/...I read this because I am doing continuing coverage on the author, a Carnegie Mellon University professor who is dying of pancreatic cancer and who gave a last lecture that has been viewed on the Web by more than 6 million folks.For what it is -- essentially an expanded version of the lecture about his life story and his advice on how to live a fulfilling life which can all be read in a sitting -- it
I agree with many who say this is a meaningful and eye-opening novel, but I'm also tempted to say that many of the "tips" given by Pausch are things I've already heard of before. Still... This is a touching book about remembering what's important in life and to always chase your childhood dreams, no matter what.
An extraordinary book. How can a man dying from pancreatic cancer be so upbeat and write such useful advice? Read on!!Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, PA. His areas of expertise were computer science and virtual reality. He worked for Disney as an Imagineer. In that capacity he was responsible for designing and building Disney theme parks, resorts, cruise ships, and other entertainment venues at all levels of project development.From Will Schwalbe's book, The End of
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