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40 Years in 4 Minutes

Posted by at 5:19 pm

Today is my birthday, and instead of posting about teamwork and project management, instead I ask you to call someone you love and tell them how much you care.  That would be a great birthday present indeed.

And for further inspiration to connect with your loved ones, here’s a video I made for my family last Christmas.  My parents bought a video camera back in 1972 and shot video of all of us six kids while we grew up.  It’s amazing to watch a family grow in the blink of an eye.  Enjoy your moments while you can.

 



 

Song: “Praan” by Garry Schyman

-Deborah Fike

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The Cost of Not Trying

Posted by at 9:23 pm

The price of failure might seem high. But consider the cost of not trying:

  • You will not become better than who you are today.
  • You cannot learn new things.
  • You will not discover new things about yourselves.
  • You will not discover new things about others.
  • You lose touch with the cutting edge.
  • Any dissatisfaction you feel will remain dissatisfied.
  • You cannot achieve any new goals and dreams.
  • Your life will remain static and your potential unfulfilled.

Sure, failure has its own list of trials and heartbreak. But is staying the same worth it?

-Deborah Fike

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Donate to the Red Cross for Japan

Posted by at 9:58 pm

By now, you’ve probably seen footage from the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan last week.  Japan holds a special place in my heart because I spent 2.5 years there, as a student and as an English teacher.

A few of my former students and I giving the ol’ V sign.

I don’t have to tell you any heart-wrenching stories to let you know how horrible the tragedy is over there.  A lot of the people I know, however, are looking for a place to donate to aid in tsunami relief.  If you’re interested in helping out, I suggest making a donate to the American Red Cross.  They have a specific Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami collection fund going on that will help people who are homeless and stranded.

Take care, Japan.  You’re in my thoughts.

-Deborah Fike

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Passion vs. Responsibility

Posted by at 9:50 pm

I recently wrote an article on the Change Blog about how to explore careers without quitting your day job.  A poster named “Contrarian” started an interesting conversation about what it means to follow your passion.  Although we both agree that there is little risk in exploring a new career, we disagree how much risk it takes to actually plunge into a new career: Contrarian thinks you’ll eventually need to plunge into it.  I think you can ease into it and mitigate your risk.

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We’re Heading to BlogWorld!

Posted by at 8:51 am

Fellowstream is headquartered in Las Vegas due to circumstance.  My video game job brought me here, and it turns out starting a business in Nevada is fairly easy.  Besides the obvious entertainment value, though, Las Vegas has the perk of hosting a veritable ton of conferences every year.

BlogWorld, here we come!

Sean Connery will not likely show up, but you never know.

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