Last Lecture - Softcover

Pausch Randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9861751165 ISBN 13: 9789861751160

Publisher: Fang Zhi, 2008

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2008 Jun Publisher: Fang Zhi we can not change God sent us cards can only decide how to play the hand. Randy. Bausch Randy. Bausch is a warm. witty and teaching seriously University professor. was diagnosed at the age of 46 suffer the highest death rate of cancer pancreatic cancer. In August the following year (2007). the doctor said his cancer has been transferred. may be only three to six months of life. September. Professor Randy invitation of the school published a speech. this speech so that the scene 400 people laughing. and also let a lot of flow tears. and later as a network spread all around the world led to heated discussions. This with humor. inspiration and wisdom speech won wide repercussions. after the Wall Street Journal columnist Defects interview Professor Randy 53 written this wonderful rich people moving The Last Lecture. The message conveyed ...

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From the Author

A Q&A WITH RANDY PAUSCH
Q. I apologize for asking a question you must get far more often than you'd like, but how are you feeling?
A. 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.
Q. 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?
A. Well, the lecture was written quickly - in under a week. And it was time-limited. I had a great 6 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.
Q. 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?
A. 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?"
Q. 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?
A. 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.
Q. And last, the most important question: What's the secret for knocking down those milk bottles on the midway?
A. 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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Fang Zhi
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 9861751165
• ISBN 13: 9789861751160
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: Chinese