"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.
Jeff Zaslow wrote the Wall Street Journal column that fueled the initial interest in Randy Pausch's lecture. He was also the co-author of Captain Chesley Sullenberger's The Highest Duty and the author of The Girls from Ames, both bestsellers.
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The Last Word: Life Lessons from Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture If I knew that this was my last blog post, what would I want to say? It's a thought-provoking question, inspired by the last lecture of Carnegie Mellon professor and alumnus Randy https://t.co/8gGEYnsPwv
Currently reading a special book entitled “The Last Lecture” by the late Professor Randy Pausch. Gonna be posting some gems, “Watch the spark of enthusiasm turn into fireworks” Just love that.
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Randy Pausch (The Last Lecture) said this is the most valuable thing you have to offer: https://t.co/yvZmrBAbcc #coaches #coaching