Summary of Randy Pausch's The Last Lecture

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What would you say if you could give one last talk before dying? What would you want to share with the world? In The Last Lecture (2008), Randy Pausch goes over his life and the key moments that left a mark on him. His last lecture, given at Carnegie Mellon University, was attended by around 400 people and has touched millions of others online. In the book version, which was co-written with Jeffrey Zaslow, he reflects on his childhood, his wife, his kids, his career as a professor, and his cancer. He reveals how being terminally ill impacted his perception and his approach to people and life, and offers some lessons he learned along the way.