In All Earnestness
The Last Lecture is a great read. If you haven’t read it yet, well then stop wasting your time here and go find a copy.
In the Last Lecture, Randy Pausch discusses being earnest versus being hip. I’d never thought of the two as opposites before, but I found it quite enlightening. I’ve always leaned way to the earnest side myself, as in probably a bit too serious, definitely not hip. As I’ve thought about this I think Randy himself was a great example: happy, very fun loving, and yet earnest in everything he did. That’s just so much cooler than being cool.
Sometimes I have to remind myself to not be too serious. There’s a story that I chuckle at now to remind me about this. After high school a lot of my friends went off to college. One day I went to a friends parent’s house to get her address. I knocked on the door, her little sister answered and I asked for her parents. She asked me why I was there and I said it was about her sister. She then replied with: “Why? What happened to her? Did she die”? Apparently my demeanor was a little too serious for the occasion.
Being earnest is a virtue too often overlooked and undervalued, especially when it’s combined with a cheerful heart. Thanks to Randy Pausch for sharing his many ideas and experiences. Again, I loved the Last Lecture and will probably bring it up a few more times.
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He has definitely had a big impact on many people whether they face the same or different challenges.
His blogsite is still being maintained by friends.
Thank you for your inspiration
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I liked the book. It was a good quick read of inspiration.
I just have read this wonderful book twice times I strong recommend it. It was a goal for me because of my English is not so good, I have underlined a lot of sentences to keep in my mind and I hope my next generation enjoy with it like me.
Thanks, Randy