Dead Dreams
A review of The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
What if you had only a few months left to live? Wouldn’t you want to leave an impression of your life? The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, who was professor at Carnegie Mellon University, explains his childhood goals and dreams in a cathartic lecture to over 400 people. He passed away from pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2007. While he was writing this book, he had a few healthy months left in his life, and he wants to elucidate that he achieved all of his goals. Everyone can achieve their dreams if they strive for the stars.
Success is the only option to a happy life. Success means to accomplish all your goals and dreams. My goal in life is to have a extraordinary lifestyle with happy beginnings and endings. There are many obstacles that will try to block my path to success such as money and people. This book teaches me that no matter what's in the way, I should be resilient and continue moving forward.” We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”” Throughout the book, Randy explains how his intrepid attitude allowed him to attain his goals.
The book is written in an expository way. There are main chapters dealing with his moral and sub-chapters which have anecdotes that explain his experiences. The book contains 60 short chapters ( in chronological order) about significant aspects of Randy's life. The beginning and end of the book describes how he gives his lecture and how much of an impact it made to the world. His writing is very descriptive, and inspiring. The theme coincides with the article about the Muslim college in California, “New College teaches Young American Muslims,” because they both talk about obstacles that will try to navigate you in the wrong direction, and how you should be vehement of achieving your goal.
Randy Pausch was a highly eminent Computer Science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He was also a world-famous virtual reality expert;he and his group of students successfully designed a cogent virtual reality system that would go on to become an immense technological invention during the time. Since he was a computer programmer as well, I learned slightly about C++ and Java programming, as he mentions it in the book.
Maybe one of the most inspirational books I have read, this book will make anyone realize that they can do practically anything you want if you really persevere and work hard. Even though this phrase is a cliché, it is very true. I would recommend this book to anyone who is struggling on the wrong path to success. The wisdom of Randy Pausch will guide them into the right direction. I would make sure my last lecture to the world will have a tremendous effect on the lives of others.
A review of The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch
What if you had only a few months left to live? Wouldn’t you want to leave an impression of your life? The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch, who was professor at Carnegie Mellon University, explains his childhood goals and dreams in a cathartic lecture to over 400 people. He passed away from pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2007. While he was writing this book, he had a few healthy months left in his life, and he wants to elucidate that he achieved all of his goals. Everyone can achieve their dreams if they strive for the stars.
Success is the only option to a happy life. Success means to accomplish all your goals and dreams. My goal in life is to have a extraordinary lifestyle with happy beginnings and endings. There are many obstacles that will try to block my path to success such as money and people. This book teaches me that no matter what's in the way, I should be resilient and continue moving forward.” We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”” Throughout the book, Randy explains how his intrepid attitude allowed him to attain his goals.
The book is written in an expository way. There are main chapters dealing with his moral and sub-chapters which have anecdotes that explain his experiences. The book contains 60 short chapters ( in chronological order) about significant aspects of Randy's life. The beginning and end of the book describes how he gives his lecture and how much of an impact it made to the world. His writing is very descriptive, and inspiring. The theme coincides with the article about the Muslim college in California, “New College teaches Young American Muslims,” because they both talk about obstacles that will try to navigate you in the wrong direction, and how you should be vehement of achieving your goal.
Randy Pausch was a highly eminent Computer Science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He was also a world-famous virtual reality expert;he and his group of students successfully designed a cogent virtual reality system that would go on to become an immense technological invention during the time. Since he was a computer programmer as well, I learned slightly about C++ and Java programming, as he mentions it in the book.
Maybe one of the most inspirational books I have read, this book will make anyone realize that they can do practically anything you want if you really persevere and work hard. Even though this phrase is a cliché, it is very true. I would recommend this book to anyone who is struggling on the wrong path to success. The wisdom of Randy Pausch will guide them into the right direction. I would make sure my last lecture to the world will have a tremendous effect on the lives of others.
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