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  • My Life Skills & Business Books: the what & why of each
  • The Rising Tide of Global Sadness
  • “The Box” —- What’s in Yours?
  • “Getting a New Job” book release!
  • exciting new book release!!! “Tuki (Back in Game with Tweedle & Friends)”

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“Having It All” … What Exactly Is It?

April 8, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

What Is All? Years back I met a twenty-something new to our organization who told me she moved to town intent on “having it all.” Her statement was quick and decisive so I asked a clarification question, “What is all?” Her answer was immediate … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Life Skills, Mindfulness

Helping the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

April 8, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I am a big advocate for supporting sales initiatives in college and universities. Here is a short piece on a program at Jacksonville University I have been actively supporting. The next generation of greats is out there and I hope someday soon they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Coaching

“Lucas Goes to Cabo” — a new comedy novella

March 31, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

New Comedy on the Way! A fun, quick, and easy read, Lucas Goes to Cabo is out with advanced readers. All appendages are crossed hoping the story will soon be ready for release. This ensemble comedy has been kicking and screaming inside my coconut … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Humor, New Books and Screenplays

Where Are the Smarts, In Your Head or In the Phone?

March 31, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Who's your most valuable compadre, a real person or your cell phone? A tongue-in-cheek point to ponder, perhaps, but there is a danger in dehumanizing our lives to the extent we rely on our phones and iPads more than what blossoms inside the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mindfulness

Why the World is Getting Louder

February 18, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Woke. Cancel. Gaslighting. The world is angry, seemingly louder by the day. The why is simple: Everyone has a microphone and instant access to Internet pulpits and megaphones. If the entire world has microphones, it stands to reason the volume will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Life Skills, Managing Conflict, Mindfulness, Self Promotion

Respect: Savannah Bananas vs. Linden Entertainment

February 9, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Yesterday provided an interesting contrast in emotional experience management. In the space of a couple hours, I heard from the Savannah Bananas baseball club, a small group of professional business coaches assisting college entrepreneurs, and Linden … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors

New novel soon to be released: Tuki (Back in the Game with Tweedle & Friends)

January 19, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Tuki Back in the Game with Tweedle & Friends Exciting news! We have reached the pre-publication stage! Twenty years after shocking the world and paying a terribly unfair price for doing a good deed, Tuki Banjo battles problems and demons … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Books and Screenplays

Who is in Your Hall of Fame?

January 5, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Who is in Your Hall of Fame? People are, by nature, herd animals, and as life unfolds most of us will meet thousands. The vast majority will bounce off and wash away like beach sand, but some will stick like Band-Aids. A far smaller number have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Happiness, Mindfulness

Catching Up As We Gladly Exit the Fun House Mirror of 2021

December 7, 2021 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I apologize for getting lost. No good reason, just a barrel of feeble excuses. Like much of the world, I've been running sideways, backward, two steps forward, ducking, and hopping erratically depending on the how reality dictates. Time to at least … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charity and Good Deeds, New Books and Screenplays, Storytelling, Uncategorized, Writing

How Many Stars in the Sky?

September 10, 2021 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

As the world keeps running sideways a hundred miles an hour, pausing only to take an occasional step backward, digital screens flood crowded global minds with more negative noise than positive. In America, a just announced survey reveals optimism and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Mindfulness

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