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Review : "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. Questions for Randy Pausch We were shy about barging in on Randy Pausch's valuable time to ask him a few questions about his expansion of his famous Last Lecture into the book by the same name, but he was gracious enough to take a moment to answer. Buy New Learn more about this copy. Other Popular Editions of the Same Title.

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It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about ling. In this audiobook, 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. Languages English. Why is availability limited? Sign in Cancel. Add a card. Authentic and practical wisdoms that come not from the brain but from the heart of a devoted father.

How I wish I had one book like this when I was growing up. A perfect example of how a man on death trip becomes immortal through the keenness of his soul. View all 12 comments. Shelves: non-fiction. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The book is about Randy Pausch, also the author, who is diagnosed with terminal cancer and has months to live. With that information, he decides to take part in writing a Last Lecture for Carnegie Mellon, where he is a professor.

After much thought, he decides to write about "living". About what he is leaving his 3 v WOW!! About what he is leaving his 3 very young children and his wife. About how he lived his life and fulfilled his childhood dreams. About what matters most to him and how influences have shaped who he is.

And of course, what he can leave his family for the future without him. It's a reminder to all parents, young and old, that you never really know when your time is up. That you cannot take for granted each and every day. It's a reminder about dreams no matter how big or small can be achieved if you truly believe in your self.

It's a reminder to us all to be "who we really are" and let all else fade away. It's a reminder that all brick walls can be scaled. It's a reminder of many things in our lives - it's Life's Little Lesson Book and I will keep this one handy because there are things that reminded me that I need to do View 1 comment. I will probably burn in hell--well, okay, suffer a few extra millenia in purgatory, maybe--for only giving this book two stars.

It's one of the top gift books of , if you didn't yet view "The Last Lecture" on YouTube you probably heard about it via Oprah or friends or co-workers: a talented computer science prof at Carnegie Mellon with three adorable little toddlers and a loving wife learns he has pancreatic cancer and about six months to live, so he gives a farewell lecture to his students, I will probably burn in hell--well, okay, suffer a few extra millenia in purgatory, maybe--for only giving this book two stars.

It's one of the top gift books of , if you didn't yet view "The Last Lecture" on YouTube you probably heard about it via Oprah or friends or co-workers: a talented computer science prof at Carnegie Mellon with three adorable little toddlers and a loving wife learns he has pancreatic cancer and about six months to live, so he gives a farewell lecture to his students, his university, and the world, to give us some life guidance before he passes away.

He's a smart man with a beautiful family and a great job. And now he must deal with death--the Grim Reaper we must all ultimately confront. But he chooses to be upbeat, and empowering, using positive energy to help us all be better folks. Why then do I not like this book?? There's something about the way he does it that strikes me as being knowingly and calculated self-focused on his part, even while he claims he is trying to only reach and help others.

I know I should cut him some slack--my God, the man was dying, he is dead now as I write! He tells us in the beginning of the lecture it won't be about his wife and kids and how much he loves them--but of course that's exactly where he ends, so we are totally consumed in sympathy and crying our eyes out at the end if we have any compassion at all.

As a cathartic reading for families and caregivers dealing with terminal illness, this book could probably be an effective salve, but as a homily of wisdom for the ages or common sense to live by, take your pick as it works as both this book offers many of the same platitudes one would find in any wise sermon or self-help essay.

A lot of these pearls of wisdom are offered here, again and again, within a framework of "see how great I was" or "see how great my family was" or "see how successful I have always been. I suspect that as much as he tries to adopt the voice of an Everyman and claim we could and should all adopt his maxims of wisdom, I see some of that old arrogance that he probably still retains as he tells anecdote after anecdote where he turns out the star.

I can tell he was a very good teacher who truly cared about his students. You can easily see how much he loves his kids, and he keeps re-iterating this whole "Last Lecture" and then the follow-up book marketing campaign were really supposed to be gifts to them. Perhaps if he had been a bit more honest about how much personal pleasure he got out of all this limelight and attention at the end, that indeed a good part of this was to make himself be the center of attention one last forceful time, I would have felt even more respect than I already have.

But if you've seen the video, I really don't think you need to read the book. And if you do decide to read it anyway, consume it in small bites--don't read it straight through in one sitting, as I did. The advice which is often quite sensible and praiseworthy will probably go down easier, and remain with you longer. Oct 27, Celia rated it it was amazing Shelves: , kindle-list , read , ten-year-challenge , eol-book-club.

An extraordinary book. How can a man dying from pancreatic cancer be so upbeat and write such useful advice? Read on!! 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.

That speech was videotaped and went viral on YouTube. Randy spoke and he pored his heart out for over an hour. I challenge the reader of this review to read the passages I have highlighted from his book. I hope you are as impressed as I am. View all 13 comments. I enjoyed watching his last lecture, which was extremely touching, but reading this book was even more touching.

I actually teared up numerous times while reading it. As far as I'm concerned, this guy is a hero. He was happy, and yet he achieved so much. He was diagnosed with cancer, and instead of just letting it put him down, it was a motive for him to leave this last lecture, a lasting legacy. I do recommend that everyone read this book. View all 4 comments. Mar 24, Aravind rated it it was amazing. The Last Lecture is a brilliant memoir of a life experiences of a Computer Science Professor breathing the near to death moments.

Randy Pausch, diagnosed with rarely dangerous pancreatic cancer in the early phase of life recounts the occurred before life events translating into pretty pieces of advices. He is asked to deliver the Last Lecture in the form of a speech to the students and faculty audience ready to hear what the successful person has to speak about.

The book divided into six section The Last Lecture is a brilliant memoir of a life experiences of a Computer Science Professor breathing the near to death moments. The book divided into six sections encompasses tiny chapters speaking clear volume of Randy's loving wife and three children. It is a poignant detail of the person waiting to die and how he manages to live a happy life despite the deadly disease making sound of death. All in all it radiates the factfulness of how to lead satisfying life when death is so close in your pockets.

As the chapters move this piece of advices takes up the turn to a phenomenal self-help book. And inside the core of the book is in store whole lot of good pearls of wisdom he encounters with his students friends. The experiences he makes with them bond special and stand testimony to ever required successful life altogether. It also emphasises heavily in chasing the dreams one dreamt and here being getting into the premiere company of high reputation.

The hard-hitting point being getting into the dream job of landing into the prestigious firm of Disney where he's asked to do the Imagineering work. This job being quite close to his heart as it breathes love to him.

And there is a remarkable chance to relive the childhood memories spent in the Disney park. The author's description of brick wall simply superb and thoroughly meaningful. Here the brick wall being his loving caring better half wife also the loving job ever protective showering love always despite any seasonal mood changes.

The option to lean on someone is the brick wall we have to handover all our worries in adversity. The penultimate section of the book has great snippets of wisdom which one can certainly find helpful in the life times. It is indeed a inspirational read complete with the sense of leading the life happy with goals in the back of the mind.

Our mental state, specifically attitude, plays a vital role in our achievements. We cannot change it. We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

I enjoyed The Last Lecture and highly recommend it. It was more than a lecture! Actually it was an every day's lecture.. I was completely in , I cried with him and laughed with him, I was amazed by his courage, faith and pride , I liked how he decided to help his wife in raising the kids after his death. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them , But I'm a lecturer , so I lectured " I do agree that he was arrogant in some way or other , but I got the most beautiful life lessons ever.

The part of his childhood is the one I loved the most , it reminded me of mine! Me too, I was raised in a family that need the dictionary to get through dinner :P ,and I was allowed to paint my room and create my own colorful world :D and I was the one to break the rules in every possible way!

I liked this book , and I recommend it to everybody! View all 23 comments. The bulk of the story centered around the "last lecture" that made him famous well beyond the halls of the universities where he taught and in the scientific realm.

A few nights later, a guy who took the seat next to me on the train home was reading the book Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow put out based off his lecture.

I gave it a few glances out of the corner of my eye and d I arrived late to the parade -- sadly, the first I ever heard of Randy Pausch was when his obit ran on CNN.

I gave it a few glances out of the corner of my eye and decided it was probably something I needed to read. This book could easily be read straight through, although I do most of my reading on the train and in increments. That served me well with The Last Lecture because it gave me time to pause and think over all the little life lessons and pearls of wisdom contained in Pausch's story. Short chapters also helped and provided for moments to stop and pause, which I needed not only to let what I read sink in but also at times just to keep composure, as I don't carry a box of tissues with me on the train and there were points especially in the final segment of the book, appropriately titled "Final Remarks" when I was perilously close to needing them.

Pausch recounts learning of his terminal illness, the time leading up to the lecture and the lecture itself, which he named "Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams" and expounds upon in the book. Everyone is likely to take something a little different from this book -- which is why everyone at some point should try to read it -- but the biggest thing I took was the brick wall concept.

The brick wall might represent a situation in life or even a relationship with another person, but Pausch makes it clear: "Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want something. I'm actually kind of glad I read the book when I did Pausch undoubtedly inspired many people during his life, I got to be near the top of the list of people who will be inspired by his words after he died.

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But rest assured; I'm hardly unique. Send your kids to Carnegie Mellon and the other professors here will teach them valuable I am flattered and embarassed by all the recent attention to my "Last Lecture. Send your kids to Carnegie Mellon and the other professors here will teach them valuable life lessons long after I'm gone.

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