how to prepare your own last lecture 4-27-08

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Share Your Legacy:Share Your Legacy:

Prepare Your Own LastPrepare Your Own LastLectureLecturePrepared and Presented by:

Jim Messina, Ph.D.


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What is the Last LectureWhat is the Last Lecture

andy Pausch is a Pro!essor at "arnegieMe##on $ni%ersity where on September &',())* he presented his Last Lecture: ReallyAchieving Your Childhood Dreams !or his

three chi#dren Dy#an, Logan, "h#oe andwi!e Jai+here is now a pub#ished boo: The Last

Lecture pub#ished by -yperion Press byandy Pausch and Jerey /as#ow

andy prepared a Second Last Lecture:Time Management, which he presented at$ni%ersity o! 0irginia on 1o%ember (, ())*


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What can we #earn !romWhat can we #earn !rom

+he Last Lecture2+he Last Lecture2+he importance o! sharing with your

!ami#y how you got to where you aretoday in #i!e

+he #essons you want to share withyour !ami#y members whichhope!u##y wi## he#p them on theirown 3ourney in #i!e

Lea%ing a Legacy !or your !ami#y todraw upon !or the rest o! their #i%ese%en a!ter you are gone


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+he Last Lecture "an+he Last Lecture "an

+each:+each:-ow you can o%ercome obstac#esin #i!e

-ow to mae your dreams and

the dreams o! others come true-ow to sei4e the opportunity and

use e%ery moment you ha%e in

#i!e to the !u##est-ow to #i%e out your be#ie!s in #i!e

-ow to #i%e your #i!e to the !u##est


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Why do a Last Lecture2Why do a Last Lecture2

+he Last Lecture can:"ommunicate messages o! #o%e,

!orgi%eness and gratitude to your

!ami#yPro%ide a connection !or the younger

generation to the o#der generation aswe## as the #ong gone generations

Pro%ide a com!ort to !ami#y membersthat you ha%e no regrets o%er howyour #i!e has been #i%ed


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What i! You do not PrepareWhat i! You do not Prepare

Your Last Lecture2Your Last Lecture2+he message in a Last Lecture is

5meaning!u#6 !or !ami#y membersand i! there is no message #e!t

!ami#y members wi## strugg#e topreser%e their memories o! you inother ways 7 sometimes not

e8act#y the way you wou#d wishor hope they wou#d do


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+he Last Lecture can Pro%ide+he Last Lecture can Pro%ide

9uidance:9uidance:+hrough the Last Lecture you can

pro%ide your !ami#y with guidanceon:

-ow to manage the transitions in #i!ethey wi## !ace

-ow to mae #i!e time commitmentsin re#ationships, careers andcommunity #i!e

-ow to a%oid the mistaes you ha%emade a#ong the way


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What can be inc#uded inWhat can be inc#uded in

Your Last Lecture2Your Last Lecture2+he history o! your !ami#y going bac to

your grandparents"herished memories and storiesYour persona# history

0a#ues and be#ie!s which directed your#i!e

Lessons you #earned a#ong the wayegrets !or past decisions andor actions

Who and what you now !orgi%e !or rea#or imagined hurts-ope !or the !uture !or your !ami#y;#essings and messages o! Lo%e


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What e#se shou#d be inc#udedWhat e#se shou#d be inc#uded

in a Last Lecture2in a Last Lecture2Pictures o! you and your !ami#yo%er the years

0ideos or home mo%ies


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So What Do You +hin2So What Do You +hin2

What ob3ections do you ha%ing to doingyour own Last Lecture2

+his is #ie saying: 5= now = am going todie so = better get what = need to say assoon as possib#e to my #o%ed ones.6

=t scares me to prepare: 5My >na#message6

5+his is so ?gotistica#@


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e!erences A&:e!erences A&:

andy Pausch e#ated sites:andy PauschBs Website:http://www.randypausch.com

andyBs Last Lecture %ideo:http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-570043505!4"

055!4#hl=en

andyBs Time Management Lecture:http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-57!47403!03355"775!#$=%ime&'anagement#ei=()*+,v+rgv12y#hl=en

andyBs =nter%iew with DianeSawyer: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid="5"34!00!54!

The Last Lecture Website:http://www.thelastlecture.com
http://www.randypausch.com/http://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184&hl=enhttp://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184&hl=enhttp://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5784740380335567758&q=Time+Management&ei=D9QUSNvVB4qUrgKvkNzyBA&hl=enhttp://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5784740380335567758&q=Time+Management&ei=D9QUSNvVB4qUrgKvkNzyBA&hl=enhttp://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5784740380335567758&q=Time+Management&ei=D9QUSNvVB4qUrgKvkNzyBA&hl=enhttp://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5784740380335567758&q=Time+Management&ei=D9QUSNvVB4qUrgKvkNzyBA&hl=enhttp://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5784740380335567758&q=Time+Management&ei=D9QUSNvVB4qUrgKvkNzyBA&hl=enhttp://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5784740380335567758&q=Time+Management&ei=D9QUSNvVB4qUrgKvkNzyBA&hl=enhttp://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184&hl=enhttp://video.google.com.au/videoplay?docid=-5700431505846055184&hl=enhttp://www.randypausch.com/


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e!erences A Ie!erences A I

Pausch, . H /as#ow, J. C())'E. The LastLecture. 1ew Yor: -yperion

Scott, ;. C())FE Leaving a Legacy.1ewsA-era#d.com,


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