The Last Lecture

May 20, 2008

I recently saw the YouTube video of Randy Pausch’s The Last Lecture.  (Background Randy Pausch is suffering from Pancreatic Cancer and was given 3-6 months to live about 9 months ago.)  So did about six million other people.  I then saw that he had been approached to co-write a book about the content of the lecture, and the creating of the lecture.  So I bought the book too.  In fact, I bought three copies, one for each of my kids.  I wrote an inscription on one and gave it to my oldest boy, he’s old enough to read it and ‘get it’ already.  The other two will get a copy when they
are older.

In the lecture Randy tells a tale of "Reaching your childhood dreams" but it’s not really about that.  It is about a way to live your life.  Words don’t do it justice, and I won’t try.  Do yourself a favor, invest less than 10 minutes in the synopsis video, then move on from there.  I even bought the DVD. 

It is inspiring in a way that is not over-the-top tug at your heartstrings, but in a way that can really help focus on getting the most out of your life.  As a dad, there are so many things in that book that I want to impart to my kids, and it is done so well that I hope my kids really take this book to heart; I know I have. 

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