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myLot reputation of 97/100. Aurone (2549)   ranked 67 out of 10,246 in reading1 year ago

If you haven't read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch then you should go out today and get it. I rarely come upon a book I think everyone should read but this is one of them.

This is a book written by a man who has 3-6 months to live because of Pancreatic Cancer. He gave a last lecture at the college he used to work at entitled achieving your childhood dreams--its a famous one--you can google it and watch it.

In this book, he expands more on his life and how is lucky to have lived as much as he has lived. He gives us pearls of wisdom to live by in a funny, quirky computer geek way. I read this book in one evening its short but profound.

Has anyone else read it or seen the Last Lecture he gave? What did you think?

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 96/100. snowy22315 (8108)   ranked 726 out of 10,246 in reading   1 year ago

I've seen some of the lecture. I actually have his blog bookmarked on my computer. That would be fantastic if he were to survive this cancer. I already think he's lived way longer than what the doctor's thought.


myLot reputation of 97/100. Aurone (2549)   ranked 67 out of 10,246 in reading  1 year ago

He has. There is a blog page where you can keep up with his progress. I want to watch the lecture when I have some free time.

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2. myLot reputation of 98/100. pyewacket (11581)   ranked 1,113 out of 10,246 in reading   1 year ago

Hi there Aurone. No I haven't yet read his book, but I have heard of him, and if my memory is correct, wasn't he even on the Oprah show? From what I gather though, isn't he still hanging in there meaning alive despite the odds of his terminal cancer?
I did indeed google him and found the lecture itself..it's over an hour long and plan to watch it later...Here's the link


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo


myLot reputation of 97/100. Aurone (2549)   ranked 67 out of 10,246 in reading  1 year ago

Thanks for the link. I have been meaning to watch the lecture myself. I don't know if he was on Oprah as I don't watch TV but as big as this thing has gotten he probably has.

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