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with assistance from Jeffrey Zaslow following his delivery of his “last lecture” as a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. He gave this lecture, a tradition among academics where they reflect on life and its meaning, not as his anticipation of a demise far into the future, but as his farewell lecture before death. He conceived of the lecture as a vehicle for advice to his young children (ages five, two, and one) who, he realizes, will barely remember him. Zaslow provided writing support to Pausch so that the task of creating the book would not intrude on Pausch’s last months with his family.
Even as I write this, this book sounds grim. It isn’t, Pausch entitled his lecture “Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams,” and the result is a walk through his life, with details that resonate with anyone over 30, combining laughter and inspiration. He lists his childhood dreams and how he approached their realization: being in zero gravity, playing in the NFL, authoring an article in the World Book Encyclopedia, being Captain Kirk, winning stuffed animals, and being a Disney imaginer.
I appreciated the messages associated with each, probably because I agreed with them. For example, Pausch describes his high school football coach, who pushed him to push himself beyond what he thought
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