{the Last Lecture}

This book was an easy read which mad it enjoyable. I thought this man had a great love for life. He knows what is most important. A few things I liked:

• Something that's more important than childhood dreams: spouse and kids
• Brick walls let us prove how much we want things
• You can get more things from trying to accomplish a dream than you can from actually accomplishing the dream
• Fundamentals precede the Fancy Stuff
• Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted
• Set your expectations for kids higher when they exceed your expectations... i.e. 'you did pretty good this time, but I know you can do better'
• Self Esteem isn't something you give a child, you give them opportunities to accomplish something difficult so they can feel good about themselves for doing something truly great, not just senseless praise

I think that this book is a good read. It had some interesting insights and it really makes you reevaluate the way you live, and what you value. I can't really put his experiences into context in my life. He had lots of little sayings and phrases that were valuable, but I just felt like I couldn't put my hand all the way around them. Overall, he sounds like a great man who values the most important thing - in this we are similar - our families.