"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
--Randy Pausch A 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 the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was o...
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."
--Randy Pausch A 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 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 gave--"Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams"--wasn't about dying. It was about the importance of overcoming obstacles, of enabling the dreams of others, of seizing every moment (because "time is all you have...and you may find one day that you have less than you think"). It was a summation of everything Randy had come to believe. It was about living. In this book, Randy Pausch has combined the humor, inspiration and intelligence that made his lecture such a phenomenon and given it an indelible form. It is a book that will be shared for generations to come. Questions for Randy Pausch We were shy about barging in on Randy Pausch's valuable time to ask him a few questions about his expansion of his famous Last Lecture into the book by the same name, but he was gracious enough to take a moment to answer. (See Randy to the right with his kids, Dylan, Logan, and Chloe.) As anyone who has watched the lecture or read the book will understand, the really crucial question is the last one, and we weren't surprised to learn that the "secret" to winning giant stuffed animals on the midway, like most anything else, is sheer persistence. Amazon.com: I apologize for asking a question you must get far more often than you'd like, but how are you feeling? Pausch: The tumors are not yet large enough to affect my health, so all the problems are related to the chemotherapy. I have neuropathy (numbness in fingers and toes), and varying degrees of GI discomfort, mild nausea, and fatigue. Occasionally I have an unusually bad reaction to a chemo infusion (last week, I spiked a 103 fever), but all of this is a small price to pay for walkin' around. Amazon.com: Your lecture at Carnegie Mellon has reached millions of people, but even with the short time you apparently have, you wanted to write a book. What did you want to say in a book that you weren't able to say in the lecture? Pausch: Well, the lecture was written quickly--in under a week. And it was time-limited. I had a great six-hour lecture I could give, but I suspect it would have been less popular at that length ;-). A book allows me to cover many, many more stories from my life and the attendant lessons I hope my kids can take from them. Also, much of my lecture at Carnegie Mellon focused on the professional side of my life--my students, colleagues and career. The book is a far more personal look at my childhood dreams and all the lessons I've learned. Putting words on paper, I've found, was a better way for me to share all the yearnings I have regarding my wife, children and other loved ones. I knew I couldn't have gone into those subjects on stage without getting emotional. Amazon.com: You talk about the importance--and the possibility!--of following your childhood dreams, and of keeping that childlike sense of wonder. But are there things you didn't learn until you were a grownup that helped you do that? Pausch: That's a great question. I think the most important thing I learned as I grew older was that you can't get anywhere without help. That means people have to want to help you, and that begs the question: What kind of person do other people seem to want to help? That strikes me as a pretty good operational answer to the existential question: "What kind of person should you try to be?" Amazon.com: One of the things that struck me most about your talk was how many other people you talked about. You made me want to meet them and work with them--and believe me, I wouldn't make much of a computer scientist. Do you think the people you've brought together will be your legacy as well? Pausch: Like any teacher, my students are my biggest professional legacy. I'd like to think that the people I've crossed paths with have learned something from me, and I know I learned a great deal from them, for which I am very grateful. Certainly, I've dedicated a lot of my teaching to helping young folks realize how they need to be able to work with other people--especially other people who are very different from themselves. Amazon.com: And last, the most important question: What's the secret for knocking down those milk bottles on the midway? Pausch: Two-part answer:
1) long arms
2) discretionary income / persistence Actually, I was never good at the milk bottles. I'm more of a ring toss and softball-in-milk-can guy, myself. More seriously, though, most people try these games once, don't win immediately, and then give up. I've won *lots* of midway stuffed animals, but I don't ever recall winning one on the very first try. Nor did I expect to. That's why I think midway games are a great metaphor for life. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
“Do you want to be Tiger or Eeyore?”提醒自己不要在疫情中丢了选择快乐的能力。被震撼的是像聊普通的事情一样聊死亡的态度。这样细节地了解一个人面对死亡的准备,状态,和作为父亲和丈夫为家人的考虑。也一窥夫妻二人面对癌症时的相处和沟通,在很有限的时间里balance家人和自己的needs和evaluate什么对自己最重要。反思我以前想象自己万一突然面临死亡时,想到的都是...“Do you want to be Tiger or Eeyore?”提醒自己不要在疫情中丢了选择快乐的能力。被震撼的是像聊普通的事情一样聊死亡的态度。这样细节地了解一个人面对死亡的准备,状态,和作为父亲和丈夫为家人的考虑。也一窥夫妻二人面对癌症时的相处和沟通,在很有限的时间里balance家人和自己的needs和evaluate什么对自己最重要。反思我以前想象自己万一突然面临死亡时,想到的都是自己会错过什么,有多么遗憾,除了希望父母可以去见therapist依旧在没有我的日子里找到属于自己的意义以外没考虑过别人会因为我的死亡失去什么。他几乎没提weak moments,到了final remarks才提到哭的时候,却也是轻描淡写。整本书也看得出一点性格,积极、有点自满、真挚。(展开)
When professor Randy Pausch was giving the final last lecture at Carnegie Mellon University, he referred 'elephant' as the 10 tumors in his liver; to me and people like me who are inspired by his speeches, he is definitely an elephant on the planet. I read...
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this book is more or less a monologue of a terminally ill cancer patient. he wanted to live but he will soon die. he wanted to leave some legacy but his time is so limited. but overall he wanted to give his life a novelty finale. So he gave a lecture, or a ...
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很好的讲座,看得我笑得不行,但是最后感动得流泪了。 一些我觉得经典的话: 1. … But remember, the brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want somethi...
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Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK. Don't worry about resale value on the house. There's a lesson here: Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome. "How many men are on the foot- ll held at a time?"he asked us. Eleven on a team, we answered. So that makes twenty-two. "And ...
2020-01-28 17:56:26
Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK. Don't worry about resale value on the house.引自第30页There's a lesson here: Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.引自第33页 "How many men are on the foot- ll held at a time?"he asked us.
Eleven on a team, we answered. So that makes twenty-two.
"And how many people are touching the football at any given time?”
One of them.
"Right" he said. "So we're going to work on what those other twenty-one guys are doing."
Fundamentals. That was a great gift Coach Graham gave us. Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. As a college profesor, I've seen this as one lesson so many kids ignore, always to their detriment: You've got to get the fundamentals down, because otherwise the fancy stuff is not going to work.引自第36页There's a lot of talk these days about giving children seltesteem. It's not something you can give: it's something they have to build. 引自第37页The brick walls are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.引自第52页
Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK. Don't worry about resale value on the house. There's a lesson here: Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome. "How many men are on the foot- ll held at a time?"he asked us. Eleven on a team, we answered. So that makes twenty-two. "And ...
2020-01-28 17:56:26
Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK. Don't worry about resale value on the house.引自第30页There's a lesson here: Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.引自第33页 "How many men are on the foot- ll held at a time?"he asked us.
Eleven on a team, we answered. So that makes twenty-two.
"And how many people are touching the football at any given time?”
One of them.
"Right" he said. "So we're going to work on what those other twenty-one guys are doing."
Fundamentals. That was a great gift Coach Graham gave us. Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. As a college profesor, I've seen this as one lesson so many kids ignore, always to their detriment: You've got to get the fundamentals down, because otherwise the fancy stuff is not going to work.引自第36页There's a lot of talk these days about giving children seltesteem. It's not something you can give: it's something they have to build. 引自第37页The brick walls are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.引自第52页
Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK. Don't worry about resale value on the house. There's a lesson here: Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome. "How many men are on the foot- ll held at a time?"he asked us. Eleven on a team, we answered. So that makes twenty-two. "And ...
2020-01-28 17:56:26
Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms, as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK. Don't worry about resale value on the house.引自第30页There's a lesson here: Have something to bring to the table, because that will make you more welcome.引自第33页 "How many men are on the foot- ll held at a time?"he asked us.
Eleven on a team, we answered. So that makes twenty-two.
"And how many people are touching the football at any given time?”
One of them.
"Right" he said. "So we're going to work on what those other twenty-one guys are doing."
Fundamentals. That was a great gift Coach Graham gave us. Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. As a college profesor, I've seen this as one lesson so many kids ignore, always to their detriment: You've got to get the fundamentals down, because otherwise the fancy stuff is not going to work.引自第36页There's a lot of talk these days about giving children seltesteem. It's not something you can give: it's something they have to build. 引自第37页The brick walls are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.引自第52页
0 有用 skysoar 2009-03-04 07:00:07
very inspiring and encouraging
0 有用 言笑晏晏 2009-04-28 14:27:52
好贵一本 130.. 觉得内容有的地方拖沓了 没想象中的好 但还是不错的
0 有用 狮子酱 2011-07-11 09:46:27
his video taped lecture is as impressive
0 有用 专心点 2011-09-19 23:36:28
不錯,比較有啓發。
0 有用 Umeoru 2012-08-01 03:32:53
Leon's birthday gift for me! <3
0 有用 qhcdqch77 2022-04-10 19:51:14
真诚永远动人!
0 有用 Serendipity 2021-06-30 20:41:11
“时间必须像金钱一样,需要被明确管理。” 首先,审视你的日常。如果没有明确的基线,改进是困难的。了解你的时间花在了哪里。你对自己的生活满意吗?你是把钱花在对的事情上,还是花在对的人身上? 第二是计划你的时间。计划好你的每一天,即使你可能不能总是遵照执行。要知道,这并不是让你醒着的每一小时都忙于工作,而是要确保你有意识地,为真正重要的事情留出时间。然后,建立系统来防止干扰和限制非必要性活动。当被... “时间必须像金钱一样,需要被明确管理。” 首先,审视你的日常。如果没有明确的基线,改进是困难的。了解你的时间花在了哪里。你对自己的生活满意吗?你是把钱花在对的事情上,还是花在对的人身上? 第二是计划你的时间。计划好你的每一天,即使你可能不能总是遵照执行。要知道,这并不是让你醒着的每一小时都忙于工作,而是要确保你有意识地,为真正重要的事情留出时间。然后,建立系统来防止干扰和限制非必要性活动。当被要求做某事时,考虑一下德里克·西弗斯(Derek Sivers)的建议:“如果不是‘当然’,那就是‘不’。” 最后,积极寻找节省时间的方法。投资节省时间的设备。如果要在余钱和空闲时间之间做出选择,选择后者。你可以利用这段额外的时间,赚更多的钱或投资自己。无论哪种方式,未来都会有回报。 (展开)
0 有用 Fang 2021-05-17 01:02:18
在Powell书店闲逛,看到作者曾就职CMU计算机系,决定读一读。后来才知道Randy教授的抗癌事迹和讲演当年风靡一时。 不可否认一些经验和智慧值得学习,一些人生态度也挺感人。但是行文间时不时透漏着一种特权阶层的理所当然,以及男性中心的自我陶醉。
0 有用 栗子 2021-02-21 16:53:17
“Do you want to be Tiger or Eeyore?”提醒自己不要在疫情中丢了选择快乐的能力。被震撼的是像聊普通的事情一样聊死亡的态度。这样细节地了解一个人面对死亡的准备,状态,和作为父亲和丈夫为家人的考虑。也一窥夫妻二人面对癌症时的相处和沟通,在很有限的时间里balance家人和自己的needs和evaluate什么对自己最重要。反思我以前想象自己万一突然面临死亡时,想到的都是... “Do you want to be Tiger or Eeyore?”提醒自己不要在疫情中丢了选择快乐的能力。被震撼的是像聊普通的事情一样聊死亡的态度。这样细节地了解一个人面对死亡的准备,状态,和作为父亲和丈夫为家人的考虑。也一窥夫妻二人面对癌症时的相处和沟通,在很有限的时间里balance家人和自己的needs和evaluate什么对自己最重要。反思我以前想象自己万一突然面临死亡时,想到的都是自己会错过什么,有多么遗憾,除了希望父母可以去见therapist依旧在没有我的日子里找到属于自己的意义以外没考虑过别人会因为我的死亡失去什么。他几乎没提weak moments,到了final remarks才提到哭的时候,却也是轻描淡写。整本书也看得出一点性格,积极、有点自满、真挚。 (展开)
0 有用 一颗牛油果🥑 2021-01-28 02:42:23
教授的最后一课讲的不是他的专业,而是每个人应该如何度过他们或长或短的一生。