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Last but certainly not least on my list of inspirational graduation gifts for the grads in your life is Randy Pausch’s, The Last Lecture.
I personally have been giving this book to the graduates in my life for years. Randy, who is literally giving the last lecture of his life (as he’s been diagnosed with a terminal disease), gives one of the most profound speeches on the meaning of life that I’ve ever witnessed. This book is the follow-up to his famous lecture.
Now, you maybe thinking that a “lecture” coming from a dying man might be a little too dark for a graduation gift. Nothing could be farther from the truth.
From moment one, Randy declares he will keep the focus of the lecture on positive messages that have elevated his life.
The graduates in your life may not have any more formal lectures in front of them, but they need to read this super-short book that offers one more lecture, namely, the lessons that none of their teachers ever delivered in school.
This is the most inspirational gift I’ve found to give graduates in my life, so I highly recommend it as one of the best, most motivational, most inspirational graduation gifts of all time.