Learning through the review

I'm not a fan of "wisdom", but many lessons from the stories of dying from pancreatic cancer Professor Randy Pausch you could probably be described as such. The book consists of several chapters and over numerous small episodes - you have the book not so read the piece. In an interview Pausch said he actually wrote the book for his three children he has left behind. Every now and then it comes in his written output of the "Last Lecture" dewegen very in detail to his family and to his personal relationship experiences. Who is expected to an accumulation of life tips not necessarily correct. Pausch reflects on his own life and develops wisdom and principles. My favorite saying of him, which also runs like a red thread throughout the book is: "Brick walls are there for a reason: They let us prove how badly we want things." Correspondingly: walls (that we face in our lives from time to time), there is a good reason: They let us prove how much we want something (on the other side). Also he goes, always looking back on his own past, it one that you can only collect experiences and learn when you what you wanted, did not get. Who his "Last Lecture" has seen (in Internet often watchable), is aware of the incredibly positive and energetic style of the professor awareness. Overall a really great book that has enriched me personally in any case. There is no instruction, but rather a sad toll-autobiography of an intellectual, who also received repeatedly on his own character flaws throughout the book. In some places, there is indeed a feeling Pausch wants to move deliberately in a true light - but let's be honest, who would not. I read the book in English, it's really not difficult written and easy to understand. The translation into German is (according to Amazon review) be a disaster, so prefer to read the same the original.