Ocean Palmer, Author at Ocean Palmer

Ocean Palmer’s Top 10 Movies of 2019

January 9, 2020 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Top 10 Films of the Year #11-#20 Honorable Mentions too I saw 160 films in the cinema last year, which clearly means bartenders are suffering. Every movie gets a one-sentence review along with a rating from 0-to-5 fingers. Zero means “truly awful” (The Dreaded Fist of Badness), while a 5-finger film is termed a […]

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Life Without a Cell Phone? Possible or Impossible?

January 9, 2020 by Ocean Palmer 4 Comments

The Case of the Vacationing Cell Phone Could you go a month without one? I have … and it’s not all bad. Matter of fact, it will be six weeks tomorrow. If my friend Aleena Imran succeeds in her persistent attempt to get it released from customs in Pakistan and shipped back to me in […]

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How to Know if You Are Plateauing

January 9, 2020 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The first of the year brings discarded pine trees, extra trash to the sidewalk, and increased de-cluttering physically and emotionally. Early January is the #1 time for internet dating website registrations, as well as people filing for divorce. With the job market being as robust as it is, people also get fidgety about how they […]

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New book in 2020!

January 9, 2020 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

New Release this Summer! This is a working cover draft for my upcoming book, a life skills guide that explains in story form how to protect our heads in a world of increasing digital chaos. The book is written to be a fun, breezy read that utilizes the popular Ocean Palmer storytelling style to “net […]

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From Pakistan: The Big Five

October 24, 2019 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

One of the greatest gifts of my work is where it takes me and the people I meet. Together we make the world a little bit smaller, a responsibility I own whether crossing the big pond going east or west. I was recently coaching an executive in Pakistan who asked my age (three decades his […]

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New Projects

September 13, 2019 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Much of the year has been focused on behavioral-based research, teaching, coaching, and writing. These subjects and programs seem to be resonating louder than ever–with larger and more diverse audiences than ever–and for that I credit the cranial chaos caused by domestic and global disruption. Especially popular have been Worry Circle management seminars and The […]

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Why the Democratic Debates Help None of the Candidates

August 1, 2019 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

As the Democratic party argues on national television for global consumption about how bad each other is, lost in their behaviors is the foolhardy approach that mudslinging is. The first rule of selling is not to disparage your own products or company. This flock of birds sound more like crows arguing over who gets the […]

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Dealing with a Difficult Life Event

May 15, 2019 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The best part of my work is the opportunity to teach life skills and make friends around the world. I am a champion of people and know for certain that regardless where on the planet I wake up, the people I meet will be 93 percent the same as everyone else. One of life’s biggest […]

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The Robots are Coming: Now What?

April 26, 2019 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

As 5G digital transmission speeds–which are 10 to 100 times faster than 4G depending on the application–take root and establish a new normal for digital velocity, right behind them are robots. Retail mega-monster Walmart fired a loud cannon recently, announcing that one-fourth of its stores will integrate robots in place of unskilled labor. The robots […]

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Emotional Intelligence is Key to Happiness in a Digital World

February 16, 2019 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Much has been written about the relationship between a happy, positive workplace and an effective, productive workforce but the definition of happiness can be misunderstood. Often workforce harmony is seen as the presence of positive emotions and the absence of negative ones. On the surface this looks great; but on the inside this happy face veneer can […]

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