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I watched the lecture and read the book and was deeply moved.
This is the professor, at the sunny side of his age and the climax of his career, diagnosed of pancreatic cancer and left with only several months of life.
He did not wince or curse, but received the "death sentence" broken-heartedly but good-humoredly. He was heart-broken because he knew he had to leave his beloved wife and kids behind. He was good-humored becaues he was an inborn optimist and always looked on the "silver lines" of any trouble.
The book is full of daily, funny but thought-provoking anecdotes of Professor Pausch's life. He gives us many pieces of useful advice, out of common sense yet still sharp as a dagger.
The Last Lecture also remind me of another book I read several years ago, Tuesdays with Morrie. Here is another professor, diagnosed with an incurable disease, kept a dialogue with his former student every Tuesday, sharing his wisdom and courage.
Both professors have passed away, but their perseverence and calmness will usher many forward in their fight with every obstacle of life.
After all, we are all dying men. As Gandalf the Grey puts it:
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
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When a story starts out on the silver screen and someone later is tasked with turning it into a book, it's rare for the book to hold its own against the film. Unexpectedly, this book is similar: Dr Pausch's last lecture (videos of which you can find on the Internet without trying very hard at all) is sublime, whereas the book that followed it somehow doesn't have quite the same punch.
The story itself is heartbreaking. Pausch was diagnosed with terminal cancer, with maybe six months left to live. He would leave behind his wife and their three small children. The youngest of his children is virtually guaranteed to have no memories of him; the eldest will probably only have fuzzy memories. What do you do? In Pausch's case, he accepts his university's invitation to deliver a last lecture, with the knowledge that he, alone of those delivering such last lectures, will never teach again.
His stories in the lecture are both entertaining and illuminating. He owns the mistakes that he has made, and he owns the successes that are also his. His love for his wife and kids shines through on every page. He has led a remarkable life, one which he has obviously enjoyed. Some people never learn to seize the day; Pausch doesn't seem to have let a day go by unseized.
But for all that, especially in the section offering advice, the book falls flat. Maybe it's just that the lecture was so good that the book never could measure up. Reading about him doing push-ups during his lecture isn't quite the same as actually watching him do them. The lessons in this book are ones that many would do well to learn. But I found the lecture itself to be a better mechanism for delivering them.
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I ordered ten copies of The Last Lecture to give as Christmas gifts to my children and friends. The books arrived in two days and have already been presented to some of the happy owners. Many valuable thoughts were contained in the book which provided much wisdom in an easy-to-read style.
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While I feel sorry for Mr. Pausch, this book is full of tired cliches and offers nothing new that is life-changing. Rather, this work seems to be a self-absorbed, self-promoting autobiography and eulogy at the same time. This book was a huge disappointment and the only reason I finished it was because I was desperately searching for diamond in the rough. I never found it. For all his stoic attempts to impart some "wisdom" to the reader, it left me with what I started out with, nothing. This is not an inspirational book. It is a personal journal of a father trying to leave positive memories for his three young kids when they come of age, nothing more.
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An absolutely beautiful story of optimism, perseverance, and a heart- wrenching legacy to Randy's children. Best book I've read in a long time!
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