The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch [pdf]

Many lecturers deliver speeches with the title “The Last Lecture.” It is required of professors to contemplate their mortality and to give thought to the things that are most important to them. And as they do so, the crowds listening to them can’t help but ponder the same question: what advice would we give to the people of the globe if we knew it was our final chance? What would we want to be remembered for if our existence had to end tomorrow?