The Last Lecture Randy Pausch Analysis

Achieving Dreams and Leading Your Life Recently I read The Last Lecture, a book I would not normally read. In this book, I learned about the life of Randy Pausch, who unfortunately had Pancreatic cancer. In his book, Pausch stated, “ It’s not about how to achieve your dreams. It’s about how to lead your life. If you lead your life the right way… the dreams will come to you.” To me, this statement means something. After reading this book, I can say I agree with this statement. I believe that working hard toward your dreams, then achieving them, will lead your life in the right way. Pausch said in his book, that when he was eight year old, his family took a trip to Disneyland. After that, he wanted to create things like the rides at Disney.

There are so many examples of Pausch working hard to achieve his goals and dreams in this book. As a child, Pausch stated that one his childhood role models was James T. Kirk of “Star Trek.” I learned so much by watching this guy in action. He was the distilled essence of the dynamic manager…” (Pausch 50). In this chapter, we learn that Pausch did meet his childhood idol. “Captain Kirk wanted to visit my virtual reality lab at Carnegie Mellon.” (Pausch 51). Shatner (Kirk), sent Pausch a signed photo of himself saying a line from “ Star Trek II: The Wrath of

The coolest guy was easy to spot. He was the one walking around with the largest stuffed animal.” I learned that since his childhood, he collected giant stuffed animals. He has achieved so many of his dreams and goals, both as a child and an adult. I truly admire him for always pushing towards his dreams and achieving them no matter what it took. He achieved so many of his dreams and lead his life in a such a magnificent way. To me his statement speaks the truth. To lead your life in the best way possible for you, is to pursue and achieve your dreams first. By doing this, you can lead your life doing what you love and living in the way you want. No one wants to live their life not pursuing something. Also, no one wants to live a life with a occupation they don't like. Everyone should live how they want to live, live their dreams. To do that, they have to be willing to go through the hardships of life, to fail before they can succeed. No one should have to conform and just settle with something that’s not in their full potential. If you want to do something, something that’s important to you, you have to work for it. Your dreams aren’t going to fall out of the sky and immediately come to you. I don’t think I can stress how much people should follow their own path. So many people probably have paths set out for them by parents, friends, teachers, etc. If that path is