The Last Lecture in relativity to Mr. Randy Pausch and Myself. The Last Lecture is a fantastic book by Mr. Pausch that was first published in 2008. The Last Lecture is seen as an extremely important book to many merely based on the lessons provided in it. Some of these quotes show the importance of Mr. Pausch’s book, their relation to Mr Pausch as well as myself. One quote that particularly sticks out is first displayed on the inside of the dust jacket, in which Mr. Pausch states “We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”(Dust Jacket). Another saying I like from the book and I feel like almost everybody can relate to is “The second kind of head fake is the really important one--the one that teaches people things …show more content…
Probably one of the most minimalistic but powerful quotes I have ever encountered in literature. A lot of human beings have tendencies to complain when things get tough. This quote goes in perfect unison with another quote made by Pausch “…The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”(73). Those who work harder will find that in the long run, things will be easier, something you had used to complain about will merely be something you can confidently execute with ease. Complaining gets nobody anywhere, but working harder will surely show results in due time. This quote easily relates to many people’s lives. It relates to my life because, at times, I complain to myself in my thoughts. The thought of never being good enough, the thought of the things I don’t like about my physical appearance. But honestly there’s not point to any of this complaining, not only does it just make me feel down on myself, but at times it makes the situation worse, causing me to continually become more of the thing I resent. So my goal has been to “Just work harder”(138). Pushing myself to become a better version of myself, physically, and mentally. As Randy Pausch once confessed in his book “When I complained to my mother about how hard and awful the test was, she leaned over, patted me on the arm and said, “We know just how you feel, honey. And remember, when your father was your age, he was fighting the Germans.””(24). While it’s not directly stated how this had affected Mr. Pausch, you can infer that the inclusion of his mother’s sentence was significant enough to include it in the first
David Mamet once stated, “..it is the human lot to try and fail..” This quotation implies that an individual will attempt to achieve success throughout their lifetime, but he/she will also have to face the failures as well. The quote relates to the philosophy that in order to achieve something, one will have to work for it. This quotation is correct and is further supported by two literary works. The two novels are Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and The Pearl, also by John Steinbeck. In these two novels, the protagonists know that their goals are very farfetched and out of the norm, yet they both try to achieve it and ultimately fail.
This quote helped me feel better and concentrate for my better future. I just want the people that read this to know everyone goes through hardships, and there is an ending to the pain and sadness you feel now. I’ve come to realize sulking won’t get me anywhere and I need to move on and become who I want to be, and this quote helped me do
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts”
Randy Pausch was a professor of computer science who did pioneering work in human-computer interaction and virtual reality at Carnegie Mellon University. The Last Lecture which covered a variety of topics was a whimsical and impassioned speech given by Dr. Pausch truly reflecting his courage and leadership. The talk is summarized in the following paragraphs along with comparisons to the Kouzes and Posner Leadership model, and how I can take back these strong life guiding principles and put them to practice in my own life.
I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off."
Greene continues with his explanations of the special theory of relativity.Chapter 3: Of Warps and Ripples Green begins the chapter by describing "Newton's View of Gravity" and continues by discussing the incompatibility of Newtonian Gravity and Special Relativity. The author also talks about how Einstein discovered the link between acceleration and the warping of space and time. Greene also discuses the basic aspects of General Relativity. He later points out how the two theories of relativity effect black holes, the big bang, and the expansion of space.Chapter 4: Microscopic Weirdness This chapter describes, in detail, the workings of quantum mechanics.
Two Identical Decks of Cards When God created this world, his main goal was for it to be perfect. No bad people, no bad choices, no sin. Well, we all know how that plan worked out. We have so much to worry about in this broken world.
That exact statement makes me or any reader feel that failure doesn’t always have to be perceived to be negative. Failure can improve personal growth. We are always scared out the outcome failure will bring, but that is the silver lining for our personal growth. If we concentrate more on the effort we put into a certain task, we can grow by the steps we take along the way. Anyone can succeed, no matter their
Hard work is challenging work. But why does it have to be challenging work? Because challenging work, when intelligently chosen, pays off. It’s the work that people of lesser character will avoid. And if you infer that I’m saying people who avoid challenging work have a character flaw, you’re right… and a serious one at that. If you avoid challenging work, you avoid doing what it takes to succeed. To keep your muscles strong or your mind sharp, you need to challenge them. To do only what’s easy will lead to physical and mental flabbiness and very mediocre results, followed by a great deal of time and effort spent justifying why such flabbiness is OK, instead of stepping up and taking on some real challenges.
This relates to the world because there are many problems today of people changing who they are because other people don’t like the way they look or sound, and people who will do bad things because of how other people have put them down all there life. “That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.” (Krakauer) I chose this quote because it symbolizes that you will never succeed at anything in life if you don’t at least try and try to fight against the
Frederick once said “If there is no struggle there is no progress.” What Frederick is saying is that without working for something you will get nothing in return. I know this because when running for track at the 400 meter and the 800 meter runs, which are the one of the hardest races there are in the world, you do not see progress without feeling the pain of struggle of your body working that hard. With that you do not get better by not working out every single day in some way and you do not get better by pushing yourself harder each day when you do run. When people see the 800 meter
A hundred years ago, a young married couple sat at a kitchen table talking over the items of the day while their young boy sat listening earnestly. He had heard the debate every night, and while there were no raised voices, their discussion was intense. It was a subject about which his parents were most passionate - the electrodynamics of moving bodies in the universe. The couple were of equal intelligence and fortitude, working together on a theory that few people can comprehend even to this day. Mileva Maric Einstein was considered to be the intellectual equal of her husband Albert, but somehow went unrecognized for her contributions to the 1905 Papers, which included the Special Theory of Relativity. The stronger force of these two bodies would be propelled into the archives of scientific history, while the other would be left to die alone, virtually unknown. Mrs. Einstein was robbed. She deserved to be recognized for at least a collaborative effort, but it was not to be. The role which society had accorded her and plain, bad luck would prove to be responsible for the life of this great mathematician and scientist, gone unnoticed.
In this quote tackles the hardships of being stuck in the same place and never changing, whether it being dull everyday life, social class, or in terms of moving forward in a career. People want to feel like they are achieving something in life and moving forward rather than being stuck in the same place, or in this case the mailbox. Society commends people that climb the social ranks and often think highly of those who have made it to the upper class, but it is difficult to move up from the working class. Therefore, people will worry and feel anxious about their worth and if they will every progress through life. In addition, the
...tead of accepting one’s fate, one must strive to change it for the better, not complain about it. In short, if life gives you lemons, make lemonade.