The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch

Summary

A very well written, easy to read book from a professor about lessons he learned throughout his life after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He famously gave his last lecture on the Oprah show and touched millions of lives. Highly recommend

Rating: 5/5

Notes

Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted

Foster creativity amongst friends/peers

Don’t complain, just work harder

Stop worrying about what other people think

Watch people’s actions, not their words

Write hand written thank you notes

No job is beneath you

Don’t be afraid to ask for what you want

Cherish the memories you have with your family because they will all be gone someday

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Make Something Wonderful   
Steve Jobs         

Summary

The life of Steve Jobs in his own words

Rating: 5/5

Notes

Make something wonderful and put it out there

‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’

When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)

Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.

You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times

Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times

We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true

Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see

Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions

Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.

The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow

To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results

The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward

The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle

Hire people better than you are

You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life

It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future

Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you

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The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch

Summary

A very well written, easy to read book from a professor about lessons he learned throughout his life after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He famously gave his last lecture on the Oprah show and touched millions of lives. Highly recommend

Rating: 5/5

Notes

Experience is what you get when you didn’t get what you wanted

Foster creativity amongst friends/peers

Don’t complain, just work harder

Stop worrying about what other people think

Watch people’s actions, not their words

Write hand written thank you notes

No job is beneath you

Don’t be afraid to ask for what you want

Cherish the memories you have with your family because they will all be gone someday

***

Buy the book here

Free E-book download here