Ocean Palmer, Author at Ocean Palmer

My Life Skills & Business Books: the what & why of each

November 17, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Business & Life Skills Intertwined whether we like it or not As my teaching and global consulting career has unfolded, I constantly strive to add equity to what I teach and how I teach it. These seven books are part of my intellectual property portfolio. Each serves a different learning objective. If one of these […]

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The Rising Tide of Global Sadness

November 5, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I read this piece by David Brooks recently and thought it was so timely and compelling I would share his work in its entirety. I have spent a lot of time over the past few months trading thoughts with some of my contacts around the world on this same topic. This is a thought provoking […]

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“The Box” —- What’s in Yours?

November 1, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The Box holds life’s values, choices, and experiences, its perimeter strung with lights to navigate what a friend calls “all the rest of it.” Decisions and life experiences sort and police what goes in The Box and what does not. Life would be clean, neat, and orderly if everything snuggled perfectly into an assigned place, […]

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“Getting a New Job” book release!

August 22, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Thrilled this one is out: Just as “Managing the Worry Circle” helped people around the world, so will this. For most, the worst part of a new job isn’t doing what’s required, it is finding and landing the job in the first place! Having taught and coached around the world, I have compiled an easy […]

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exciting new book release!!! “Tuki (Back in Game with Tweedle & Friends)”

August 15, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The greatest character I have ever created–diminutive Kiwi recluse Tuki Banjo–emerges from hiding twenty years after shocking the world and suddenly disappearing. For the second time in life Tuki, a full generation after she rocketed to national fame, faces a difficult life situation that forces her to get off the mat and carve out a […]

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Brief Interview with Entrepreneur Site

July 28, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Here is a quick link to an interview I did yesterday with a site that supports and encourages entrepreneurs. I don’t talk about my back story too often, but everyone comes from somewhere and here’s where a major fork in the road led me twenty-plus years ago: https://gosolo.subkit.com/ocean-palmer-associates/ ~ OP Transcription is here: What’s your […]

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“Getting a New Job” nears release

July 28, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Written to help job applicants interview more confidently and effectively, the release of Getting a New Job has been moved up to the first of August. As with the rest of my business and research work, this coaching guide is heavy on behavioral understanding with a life skills emphasis. Its target market is senior execs as wells […]

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Ensemble Comedy “Lucas Goes to Cabo” now available on Amazon!

June 3, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Worth the wait and laugh-out-loud funny! The eBook launched today, with print due to follow in just a couple days! I am very excited to share this story — the idea for it germinated at least five years ago and percolated seemingly forever until I figured it all out — but now that the read […]

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New book coming soon: “Getting a New Job”

June 1, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

“Getting a New Job” (a smartbook for positive change) is nearing publication. The “how to” guide will be available by July 1st via e-book and print-on-demand. I am happy with it and confident it will help a lot of readers seeking inside secrets to interview more effectively and secure opportunities they truly desire. The book […]

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Charity Works: The Bimini Project

April 18, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

When I founded the No Bats Baseball Club thirty years ago, I had no idea we would grow into the extraordinary organization the years have ordained. Yesterday, Easter Sunday, we partnered with Baltimore’s Oriole Advocates to outfit every child on the island of Bimini, Bahamas to play baseball if he or she desires. This is […]

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