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    The Last Lecture

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    My Personal Leadership Vision and Role as a Provider David Keirsey talks about in his book‚ Please Understand Me II‚ the role and purpose of a Guardian. According to Plato‚ Guardians were the ones to keep watch over the activities as well as the attitudes of the people in their circle. They held morally correct beliefs‚ as well as being alert to both the needs and the perils of others. Guardians are also able to store large amounts of information which they can later bring up in a conversation

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    On September 18‚ 2007‚ Dr. Pausch gave his memorable “last lecture” at Carnegie Mellon University. It is a tradition at Carnegie Mellon University that when a professor is retiring‚ they give one last lecture as their final goodbye. The idea of this lecture is to give an hour long speech that covers everything an individual would want to say if you were hypothetically dying. In spite of this‚ in Dr. Pausch’s case‚ he was literally dying with a diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer this being the

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    reaction that you would expect. He reacts very optimistic and decide to give a last lecture. He wanted to give this lecture because it would be the last time many of the people he cared about would hear him speak to an audience. The first part of the novel‚ The Last Lecture‚ discusses how Randy decided to make his lecture about achieving childhood dreams and about why his wife‚ Jai‚ did not want him to give the lecture‚ she want him to spend his remaining time with family but then she supported him

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    Paper #3: Tuesday’s With Morrie & The Last Lecture In Tuesday’s With Morrie‚ the book really gives you a different perspective on life. It teaches you how thinking positively can really shift your attitude. It also shows how much we should appreciate life and how we need to live each day to our fullest potential. At the end of the day to know that we’ve done our best. To summarize the three main ideas from this book can be illustrated with Morrie’s quotes. These quotes summarized are Live Life

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    The Last Lecture In the last lecture by Randy Pouch he expresses his feeling on his life and how he wanted to be and an imaginer‚ the three most important messages by Randy Pouch‚ could influence you‚ and maybe you will see your life and things in another way‚ he has influenced me with some of his messages. The most important messages in the last lecture‚ were “Don’t Complain Work Harder”‚ “Never give up”‚ and ‘Never lose the child wonder”. In the first message Don’t complain work harder‚ he’s

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    The Last Lecture: Response Paper Casey Artigliere University of Delaware I don’t know where to begin or how to respond. I am so saddened by his story and so impressed by both Randy Pausch’s resume and his attitude. I think he is incredibly… cocky‚ but I give him leave to be so and respect him for all he’s done‚ his obvious quirky uniqueness‚ and the legacy he left behind. But that is not why I cried through ¾ of the

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    Despite his exceptionally optimistic and intellectual views‚ along with his major accomplishments‚ I would not be Randy Pausch’s friend. After reading The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch‚ I can see our personalities and actions would undoubtedly clash and it would make for a not so pleasant relationship. Randy and I would not be friends seeing that I would more than likely compare myself to him‚ inevitably making me feel bad about myself‚ I do not agree with a few of his somewhat selfish decisions‚

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    SER: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch: Essay Revisions “Brick walls are there for a reason. And once you get over them- even if someone has practically had to throw you over- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.” -Randy Pausch‚ The Last Lecture‚ (page 174). Mr. Pausch wrote The Last Lecture not long after he discovered he had ten tumors in his liver‚ with only three months left to live. Pausch says‚ “We cannot change the cards we are dealt‚ just how we play the hand.” (page

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    Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams You would think a man dying of cancer would not be so happy and willing to spend the last few months of his life giving a lecture. But‚ Randy Pausch‚ who has 10 tumors in his liver‚ does not want people to pity him for having cancer. Rather‚ he wants to teach people how to follow their childhood dreams. Looking at the seven elements of communication we see how he is so effective in his last lecture. The lecture has affected me personally

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    Do we really look into ourselves? As I read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch over fall break‚ his life story made me think: How will I accomplish my dreams like Mr. Pausch? Randy’s idea of a “brick wall” really hit me because I admire that someone believes that hardships could lead to great things if they work towards it. I want to look into myself and see what life lessons that I go by the seventeen years I have been on this planet‚ and how they reflect what people will remember about me. My first

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