The Last Lecture
by Randy Pausch
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Motivational, For Men, and Most Recommended Books.
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: 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 legacyWhen Randy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie M...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Motivational, For Men, and Most Recommended Books.
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