The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow
A computer science professor with months to live gives a lecture on achieving childhood dreams, and the book expands it: brick walls are there to show how much you want something, be earnest, tell the truth, enable the dreams of others, and leave something for his small children. It is short, sincere and more about living than dying.
Read it if…
you want a brief, sincere reminder of what matters from someone who had no time to waste.
Skip it if…
you are allergic to earnestness; it is entirely earnest.
Three things you will actually use
- Brick walls test desire.
- Enable others' dreams; it outlasts you.
- Time is the only thing you cannot get more of.
Do this first
Write your childhood dreams and which one you could still pursue.
Our verdict
Brief and sincere.
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