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Great book club book about the sad subject of what you do and tell your young children and your wife when you are terminally ill. It is more uplifting and fun than I expected.
It made me want to go out and do more with my life. So I made a list of my childhood dreams and I realized that I have actually fulfilled most of my childhood wishes. So now, I am feeling good about my life. And I guess I need to make more goals and keep living life.
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It made me want to go out and do more with my life. So I made a list of my childhood dreams and I realized that I have actually fulfilled most of my childhood wishes. So now, I am feeling good about my life. And I guess I need to make more goals and keep living life.
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3.5***
Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University when he was asked to prepare a presentation for the popular “last lecture” series. The idea is that the professor would imagine s/he was close to death and these would be his/her final words to the students. But Randy Pausch was actually dying; he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and, at the time he gave the lecture, was expected to live less than six months more.
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Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University when he was asked to prepare a presentation for the popular “last lecture” series. The idea is that the professor would imagine s/he was close to death and these would be his/her final words to the students. But Randy Pausch was actually dying; he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and, at the time he gave the lecture, was expected to live less than six months more.
Much of what Pausch relates here is fo ...more
If there is ever a time to stop and smell the roses it would be upon the completion of this book. The massage sent is poigrant yet humble.
Pausch's "Last Lecture" is a triumph of the best mindset contained wuthin the human spirit. A mixture of life advise and autobiography, Pausch pours his heart out into this text to better of all of us, his readers. I consider this to be the most inspirational book I' vde ever read. This man was a truly down to earth, nice person. I especially was inspired by h ...more
Pausch's "Last Lecture" is a triumph of the best mindset contained wuthin the human spirit. A mixture of life advise and autobiography, Pausch pours his heart out into this text to better of all of us, his readers. I consider this to be the most inspirational book I' vde ever read. This man was a truly down to earth, nice person. I especially was inspired by h ...more
Touching and inspiring. This book definitely gave me a new perspective on how I can be treating life, and challenges that come along. I hesitate to give 5 stars though because it sort of felt like it was missing something. I really felt this was more an issue of editing (or over editing) and not anything to do with the author's work itself. Might have to re-read this one and see how I feel a second time around.
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I liked the book o.k. I ended up giving it 4 STARS maybe out of a sort of empathy or maybe it was because it definitely hit a little close to home with my mom going through cancer treatments. It definitely made me think that you need to live for the moment and just enjoy your time with your family and friends. You never know when the end will be here. Don't let the world get you down even if you are battling a terminal cancer. It's o.k. to be sad about it all, but don't let it take over your who
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Loved this book. It is well written and poignant. I used some of his points recently with one of my daughters. She doesn't like to do quality work and I would check her work, erase it and make her do it again until it was neat and correct. I told her that if I didn't think she had it in her to do quality work I would just give up on her, but I know she can and I will continue to push her to do quality work.
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Loved this book. I finished it in one sitting!
Jan 27, 2013
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