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Why It’s Important to Push On

March 13, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

When you’ve pounded a few million keys and the life you love dictates that millions more lie ahead, every once in a while it’s necessary to take pause and immerse in distractions that re-frame what’s good and right and important. I recently lost my writing partner. With her passing evaporated the urge to write. The […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Life Skills

Why Great Sales Leaders Are Scarce

January 24, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

In 1978 director John Landis released an ensemble movie comedy called Animal House, a story was about a group of college misfits. Unable to gain acceptance at the snootier fraternities they pledge, the rejects band together at Delta House and join a motley crew of oddballs and sociopaths whose primary mission seems to be to […]

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Filed Under: Sales

Pro Selling: the Future of Undergrad Business Schools

January 13, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

One of the more inspiring things I’ve watched evolve over the past several years is the National Collegiate Sales Competition. Held each March at Kennesaw State University, north of Atlanta, last year 350 of the nation’s top sales students from 61 universities participated. The students compete for top selling honors. More important is who the […]

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Filed Under: Sales

How Introverts Can Become Good Networkers

January 10, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Workforces are comprised of introverts, extroverts, and personalities in-between. The mix varies from place to place because the nature of a company’s work often shapes its culture. For example, an aggressive sales organization tends to hire competitive extroverts. Methodical, detailed-oriented industries (such as engineering and accounting firms) often skew heavily toward quiet, skilled introverts. It […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills, Sales, Worry

Movie Reviews from the 2010 Holiday Season

January 7, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I saw five movies during the holidays. They are: The Fighter Marwencol How Do You Know The King’s Speech True Grit The Fighter. A ho-hum, good but not great movie with a brilliant performance by Christian Bale as lead supporting actor. Bale schools Mark Wahlberg in the art of acting, which is a negative since […]

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2011 Writing Projects

January 6, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

As the new year unfolds, I’m working on three writing projects. Two are books, the other a motion picture adaptation of a popular novel I wrote four years ago. Each is exciting for different reasons. The projects are: Because People Matter, a business book I’m writing for managing partner Steve Mayer about the inspiring rise […]

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Filed Under: Writing

Why is Tomorrow The Busiest Day of the Year?

January 5, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Goals are dreams with deadlines. It’s a clever saying I wish I’d thought up. I didn’t, I borrowed it, but I love the quote because (like all things worth remembering) it says so much so simply. In business some workers make lists but many do not. Some prioritize but others do not. But even those […]

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Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Life Skills, Sales, Time Management

New Year’s Resolve: 14 Words to Forget

January 3, 2011 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Congratulations, Lake Superior State University! The Lakers do not play football and their Division I hockey team is 6-10-4 (but has sent a dozen past players to the NHL). Their basketball team is 8-3 overall but 2-2 in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference South Division. That league ain’t big. Just sayin.’ The tiny school […]

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Filed Under: Humor, The Creative Process, Uncategorized, Writing

Why Workplace Rivalries Exist

December 31, 2010 by Ocean Palmer 2 Comments

Sibling rivalries are good practice for conflicts we later see in competitive arenas like sports, politics, and the workplace. Work rivalries can be good or bad. Good ones inspire healthy competition. Bad ones cause friction, rumors, backstabbing, and emotional backlashes in defense of wounded self-images. While it’s easy to blame disruptive households on bad parenting […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Jobs, Sales

The Top 20 Movies of 2010

December 29, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Here’s my list of the top 20 movies of 2010, as well as some predictions for major Academy Awards. Nearly all my favorites are story-driven; I prefer them to special effects and animation. My favorite trio of films, starring the magnificent Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander — The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl […]

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Filed Under: Movie Reviews

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