Ocean Palmer, Author at Ocean Palmer

Why It’s Okay to Turn Gray

October 11, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Nineteen years ago I founded the No Bats Baseball Club. It never dawned on me No Bats would evolve into a tightly-knit group of guys who have raised and distributed $1.1 million for a wide variety of baseball-related charities plus the Wounded Warriors — Disabled Sports USA project. This past weekend we were in Memphis […]

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Why Coaching Matters

September 30, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

It was a normal Wednesday. Hump Day they call it. I straggled home at sundown to see a police car parked in front of the house. A policeman was at the door; another stood against the wall, hidden out of sight. My neighbor had called and complained about my dog barking. She wanted them to […]

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Workers in Transition: Why It’s Important to Reach Out

September 23, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

One of the great fruits of a life well-negotiated is being able to harvest a fair living doing whatever it is you love to do. Saying or writing that is easier than actually doing it, especially now. All of us have had jobs we griped about. Today millions are stuck in jobs they tolerate but […]

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Why Chaplin was Right

September 9, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Late in Charlie Chaplin’s life he was interviewed by longtime CBS reporter Morton. This was a dream interview for Dean — he idolized the great British filmmaker. A lifelong fan, the interview enabled Dean to ask things of Chaplin he’d always wanted to know. Among those questions was Charlie’s secret to success. Chaplin’s famed Little […]

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Optimism vs. Pessimism

September 1, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Since each of us has a spectacularly unique set of personal attributes, I don’t like to generalize but in one important area of life and business — optimism versus pessimism — it is important to understand how each of these behavioral choices impacts progress and happiness. Whenever we discuss optimism and pessimism it’s vital to […]

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Why Silence is Good … and Bad

August 24, 2010 by Ocean Palmer 2 Comments

I was in a client meeting this morning, the only one born early enough to understand the significance of Neil Armstrong’s July 20, 1969 walk on the moon. The moon really isn’t that far away—only about 240,000 miles—and many business travelers fly farther than that each year. But back in the late 1960s when the […]

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Why Steamboat?

August 15, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Kim Filler is my friend and property manager in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She asked me to consider writing about why I decided to get a place Steamboat and name it “Bonita Vista.” Here’s what I wrote: I am a storyteller. My stories are built around strong characters and entertaining plotlines. Because of that, I think […]

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A Recent Interview with Jacksonville University

August 13, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

These five questions were asked of me during an interview prior to a recent Florida appearance. Readers often like these type of things, so I thought I’d post this particular Q&A. http://dolphinnetwork.blogspot.com/2010/02/five-questions-with.html

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News Fit for a Monday

August 9, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Dog Eats Man. In a story that makes us all feel extra special about the bond between man and dog, a Jack Russell terrier in Michigan saved his owner’s life by gnawing off the guy’s big toe. The toe was infected and about to become gangrenous; and dogs are known to sense substances like cancer […]

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How to Develop Patience & Why It Matters

July 26, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Patience is the capacity for waiting—an admirable quality that helps us tolerate the gap between what we have and what we want without becoming upset. The word patience originated from Latin, from pati, which means to endure, bear or suffer. People these days don’t study dead languages like Latin; they’re too busy and don’t have […]

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