最後的演講The last Lecture

今天(7/27)開始看「最後的演講」，這是作者在得知因癌症已存活不了幾個月所作的最後一場演講內容，其實很適合青少年讀，當然這也是齡方的學校指定讀物。
On September 18, 2007, computer science professor Randy Pausch stepped in front of an audience of 400 people at Carnegie Mellon University to deliver a last lecture called “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams.” With slides of his CT scans beaming out to the audience, Randy told his audience about the cancer that is devouring his pancreas and that will claim his life in a matter of months. On the stage that day, Randy was youthful, energetic, handsome, often cheerfully, darkly funny. He seemed invincible. But this was a brief moment, as he himself acknowledged.
Randy’s lecture has become a phenomenon, as has the book he wrote based on the same principles, celebrating the dreams we all strive to make realities. Sadly, Randy lost his battle to pancreatic cancer on July 25th, 2008, but his legacy will continue to inspire us all, for generations to come.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo
書中有幾個經典觀念很值得深思:

• 我們改變不了上天發給我們的牌，只能決定怎麼打這手牌。
• 別忘了準備對別人有利的方案，這樣別人才會更願意和你打交道。
• 不屈不撓是一種美德，可是你不一定要讓別人看到你花多少心力。
• 為了進兒時夢想的迪士尼樂園當夢想師，作者想盡辦法，雖然已是大學教授，但他仍然遇到挫折:阻礙我們前進的磚牆，不會無緣無故擋在我們前面，這種磚牆的存在目的不是為了把我們排除在外，而是為了讓我們有機會證明自己多麼想要一件東西。