Thelastlecture

The Last Lecture Randy Pausch Professor, Carnegie Mellon with Jeffrey Zaslow With thanks to my parents who allowed me to dream, and with hopes for the dreams my children will have. Contents Introduction I The Last Lecture II Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams III Adventures…and Lessons Learned IV Enabling the Dreams of Others V It’s About How to Live Your Life VI Final Remarks Acknowledgments About the Authors Credits Copyright Introduction I HAVE AN engineering problem. While for the most part I’m in terrific physical shape, I have ten tumors in my liver and I have only a few months left to live. I am a father of three young children, and married to the woman of my dreams. While I could easily feel sorry for myself, that wouldn’t do them, or me, any good. So, how to spend my very limited time? The obvious part is being with, and taking care of, my family. While I still can, I embrace every moment with them, and do the logistical things necessary to ease their path into a life without me. The less obvious part is how to teach my children what I would have taught them over the next twenty years. They are too......