January 2009
6 posts
Finished
So I finished the book. At about page 150 i started to think. If I were a mom and I was told I had only 3 months to live, I would quit my job and spend all my time with family and friends. Randy Pausch is obviously a different thinker than I. He knew that at some point his young kids won’t be able to recall the memories they shared in his last months, so he created a future for them. Even...
Always helping others
I am now on page 150, and in this section of the book, he focused on helping others, and “enabling their goals.” He talks a lot about his teaching philosophies. He also talks a lot about how to work well in groups, which I payed attention to since I am more of an individual worker. He says right from the beggining when working in groups there are a few important aspects to being a...
Inspirational
I am now on page 95, which is a little less than half way through the book. I want to start out by saying that there was one quote he started to repeat many times and used very often, this quote said,” brick walls are not there to stop you from doing something, they are there to show you how bad you want it.” He used this quote in many situations.
He used that quote when he decides he...
Life Changing
So I decided to throw away my first book and project because it was boring. My mom said that she was going to make me read The Last Lecture anyway, so I might as well read it for my project also. My mom and brother both read it and loved it, for its meaningful and life-changing ways.
I am 1/4th done with the book, and it has already made me think of what my childhood dreams are, because so far...