
After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned--about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you have--in this life-changing classic."We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand." --Randy PauschA lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull over the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?When Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon, was asked to give such a lecture, he didn't have to imagine it as his last, since he had recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer. But the lecture he...
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2011-01-09
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Efter föreläsningen och boken kom ut så har jag inte känt mig redo att läsa boken förrän nu. Min mamma gick bort i bukspottkörtelcancer den 3 juni 2008, så jag har sett vilken fruktansvärd sjukdom det är. Jag grät när jag läste boken men boken är egentligen ingen sorglig bok utan en bok om livet. Jag rekommenderar verkligen alla att läsa boken och/eller se föreläsningen.