Ocean Palmer, Author at Ocean Palmer

How to Be Happier Today

August 8, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

10 Tips to Brighten the Day Just as we can decide to be positive or negative about life, work, and others, we are also empowered to choose between happy and sad. Recalibrating happiness doesn’t require moving mountains—all it takes aresimple reminders to make a major difference in both “real life” and our chosen career. Since […]

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Why You Want to Become Fluent in these 5 Communication Topics

August 5, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

A quick survey of the five most popular topics professional business speakers talk about illuminates what businesses prioritize when it comes to improving their organizations. Here are those five, which comprise 92 percent of paid engagements: Motivation & inspiration (35 percent). Leadership (17 percent). Communication (15 percent). Sales (14 percent). Change (11 percent). Everything else […]

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The Power of Efficient Sales Coaching

August 1, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Today I toss out two questions: If you landed the biggest deal in the history of your company, how would it change your life and career? If you applied what you learned with discipline and respect and rose to a position of senior leadership in a Fortune 500 company, how much value would you place […]

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Unplugged: My Week Off the Grid

July 30, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The stats paint the dependency: The USA has 311 million people, 311 million personal computers, and 328 million active cell phones. Another stat underscoring digital reliance: six billion cell phones on a planet with seven billion people. Even impoverished Bangladesh — a nation of 150 million with 26 percent living below its poverty line of […]

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How to Survive Collaborating

July 29, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

When teaching business classes, I typically deal with eight personality types. One is “independent workers.” Independents are a joy because all they need is instruction. Once they understand the desired state and what success looks like, independents run on autopilot. They can be left alone to do good work. But collaboration involves teamwork, not independent […]

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How to Turn A Negative Situation Into A Positive Experiences

July 17, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I came across an article in Inc. magazine recently that really lit my tail on fire. In it, the author shared his opinion of how to criticize employees. Basically speaking, his advice was to berate and browbeat your people so they’ll straighten up and perform better. Everything about his approach and techniques rankled me as […]

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Life & Death on the Zambezi

July 10, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Africa: part 4 of 4 Evans Muyeye is 28 and a sixth-year guide at Shackleton’s Tiger Fishing Lodge near Mwandi, Zambia. Prior to becoming a fishing guide Evans spent two years working in a bakery. When I asked what he did at the bakery he replied, “I baked.” Cha-ching! I apologized for such a dumb […]

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Mwandi, Zambia & the Sooka Community School

July 8, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Africa: part 3 of 4 Victoria Falls, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, pours its magic thundering elixir of life near the four-corner border of Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia. When based near the falls at the Elephant Hills Hotel in Zimbabwe, I spent two mornings playing a round of golf. Unimpressed […]

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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe: 10 Tips for Dealing with Shopkeepers

July 4, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Africa: part 2 of 4 Victoria Falls, upriver One of the seven natural wonders of the world, Victoria Falls churns out clouds and rainbows as fast as local villagers weave baskets and carve wood figurines. It is a remarkable sight: the wide, slow, meandering Zambezi River — Africa’s fourth largest — suddenly pouring over a […]

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Toro Yaka, the Big 5, and Falling Out of A Safari Truck in Rural South Africa

July 3, 2013 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Africa: Part 1 of 4 Balule Reserve, northeastern South Africa “Toro Yaka” means “My Dream” in Northern Sotho, a local South African dialect. It is also the name of a small and nearly perfect bush lodge located in the heart of the Balule Reserve, which encompasses 38,000 hectares (about 95,000 acres) adjacent to famed Greater […]

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