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Barriers to Performance

January 4, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Shelves are stuffed with quote books that recite page after page of clichés like, “Success is what happens when opportunity meets preparation.” In some cases that’s true. In others it isn’t, since success has one million fathers and two million variations. Failure, of course, is a lonesome leper no one wants to claim. Having bounced […]

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Filed Under: Life Skills, Sales

The 5-Minute Shortcut

January 3, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

If I were to judge America’s most worrisome cities by the radio shows I’ve done, I’d pick New York and Seattle. Worriers are everywhere, so maybe it’s just that the radio jocks in those markets live in thinner career eggshells than constituents elsewhere. I have a good handle on the interlocking elements of an interesting […]

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Filed Under: Happiness, Life Skills, Worry

How Digital Pollution Affects Your Worry Circle

January 2, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I fly a lot. I know when it’s time to take off because everybody hides their BlackBerries from flight attendants when told to turn them off. And I know when it’s time to land; the same guys whip them out and scroll and type even before the wheels touch down. I guess dozens of BlackBerries […]

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Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Uncategorized

When to Hang On, When to Let Go

December 30, 2009 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The world would be a happier, healthier place if someone devised a way we could off-load all of life’s baggage into a giant rocket that blasts into outer space, never to return. Think of the possibility! Ridding the planet of everyone’s excess baggage, and along with it the billions upon billions of idle hours we […]

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Filed Under: Charity and Good Deeds

Absent Friends (A Vital Part of the Holiday Season)

December 28, 2009 by Ocean Palmer 1 Comment

Living a rich, full life has its rewards and, of course, its challenges. As 2009 and the first decade of the new millennium winds down, it’s good to pause during the holiday season to reflect on those we’ve known who aren’t around to celebrate a new harvest of mistletoe. Each is famous—to us—and deserves the […]

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Filed Under: Thoughts for the Holidays, Uncategorized

The Barrel

December 27, 2009 by Ocean Palmer 2 Comments

Way back in 1991, Buffalo Bills placekicker Scott Norwood sailed a late field goal attempt wide right in the Super Bowl and the New York Giants defeated his Bills 20-19. In that year’s World Series, the Minnesota Twins outlasted the Atlanta Braves in what has been called the greatest series ever: Five of the seven […]

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Filed Under: Charity and Good Deeds

Eric Clapton and the 3-Headed Man

December 26, 2009 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

If you haven’t read Eric Clapton’s autobiography, treat yourself to a copy from the bookstore or library. His life covers a great arc: from a snake-eyed childhood and odds-against upbringing to drunken, drug-addled guitar hero to a sober genius inspiring and helping thousands who desperately need it. Much of the noise between our ears stems […]

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Filed Under: Life Skills

Why Xerox Sold Superbly

December 21, 2009 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I am a product of Xerox’s sales talent development machine, lucky enough to learn from the best during the height of the company’s greatest success. Xerox and IBM were among the true elite during discussions about America’s most admired sales forces. Here are five secrets how Xerox built such a strong, self-sustaining sales culture. 1.   […]

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Filed Under: Sales

Why Change is a Stinkbug

December 20, 2009 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Stinkbugs are small, crawly insects with kinky, segmented antennae and thick, shield-shaped wing covers. Many are agricultural pests that suck plant juices that damage crops. They resist most pesticides and multiply like calculators. When disturbed, they turn from anonymous bugs into miniature skunks by emitting a smelly, pungent spray juice with a rancid, rotten scent. […]

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Filed Under: Life Skills

The 3-Day Rule

December 18, 2009 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The average cat weighs nine pounds, the average dog thirty. One horse weighs as much as a busload of both. Own a few horses and do the upkeep math. It costs a whole lot of rubles to keep and maintain a few horses. I have been in the horse business for about a decade, buying […]

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Filed Under: Life Skills

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