The Last Lecture - Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow

The Last Lecture

By Randy Pausch & Jeffrey Zaslow

  • Release Date: 2008-04-08
  • Genre: Self-Improvement
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 793 Ratings)

Description

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned—about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have—in this life-changing classic.
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." —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 over 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.

Reviews

  • Entertaining stories-life lessons

    5
    By Dannyluce63
    Great short read. My priorities were realigned by simply reading these stories.
  • makes you look at life differently

    5
    By nemolil
    What a beautiful book, was feeling sympathetic while reading the entire thing.
  • Wow, every word carried so much weight.

    5
    By Morenom_k
    Thank you
  • Very inspiring

    5
    By Sbluman
    Moving book. A must read
  • Amazing Book !

    5
    By mal626
    Highly recommend this book as it really teaches you the values in life and to not focus on the small stuff and focus on all the positives in life !
  • The best

    5
    By spark1007
    Thank you.
  • Amazing novel

    5
    By db1030
    Many life lessons and brought me to tears the whole way through
  • I couldnt stop crying

    5
    By Becky yo yo
    If there was one book I will keep thinking anout, using it as my life book. Last Lecture will be it. Nothing else will be real as the words of a wise man. The stories are emotional, uplifiting, and truly brilliant.
  • Excellent

    5
    By GrannyTrek
    I've read many Christian devotional so. They are books designed to help start or end the day with inspiration or insight into aspects of a life of faith and our relationship with God. This book reminded me of that kind of book. Short chapters designed to encourage us all to live more fully and to enjoy the time we have on earth and make the most of it. Practical, joyful, sentimental, and endearing. A beautiful gift from Randy to his friends, family, and his readers.
  • Absolutely breathtaking...

    5
    By Emily_Robber
    What a wonderful story. I would buy it again and again and again.💙

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