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 ...
This book grew out of the desperation of a computer professor, when he discovered that he had terminal cancer, and he wanted absolutely to leave a manual of guidance for his little kids. It's this fact about this book that drew me, because, in terms of parental guidance, I haven't been one of the lu...
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Randy Pausch agreed to give the Last Lecture of all Last Lectures. Unlike every other lecture in the Carnegie Mellon series, his was in fact an actual last lecture. He and his family had already left Pittsburgh for Virginia so that his wife and children w...
I enjoyed not only the nuggets of knowledge; but the story behind the information. It was a great reminder of what is important and what really makes a difference.
I've read this book only because my brother recommended it but it wasn't my cup of tea.The style of writing made it very difficult for me to read it.The author had nice things to say but the way in which he expressed them wasn't appealing to me at all. I felt like Jeffrey Zaslow did a poor job in he...
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