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Wisdom & Loneliness

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According to recent published research, loneliness is increasing. Despite technology’s instant access to everyone everywhere, researchers have identified three periods of adulthood when moderate-to-severe feelings of loneliness tend to spike: Our late-twenties. Our mid-fifties. Our late-eighties. One of the big surprises researchers discovered is that three-fourths of all study participants reported moderate-to-high levels of loneliness. […]

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Devotion: An Exquisite Element of Life

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Devotion. When it comes to important elements of life, do you have it or is it lacking? Devotion comes with strong emotional bonds, which help determine who you are, the choices you make, and the personal brand you exhibit. Definition:“A keen, committed, and loyal commitment. Zealous or ardent in attachment, loyalty, or affection.”  Gaps in life can be filled several action-oriented ways. […]

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The Pursuit of Happiness

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Do you buy this hypothesis or not? Last month Fast Company magazine published an on-line book promotion piece that claimed most of our beliefs about how to pursue happiness are wrong. If you take a look at this list and have a moment to let me know whether or not you buy what the authors are […]

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Mondays: Hard or Easy to Engage?

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The recent uptick in #MondayMotivation social mediaposts triggers four questions: Are Mondays truly a downer for a majority of workers? Do people need – and crave – a pick-me-up when reentering their professional lives after the freedom of the weekend? Why are motivation levels in the workplace declining? How can we shake off the Monday blues? Beyond social […]

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How to Argue on Social Media

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As social media wastes increasing amounts of time and cloud memory, those that engage soon come to realize that interfacing with others is not the happy, genteel arena it was originally designed to be. The sites have devolved into spit pits of often rude, crude, or lewd sword fighting. Skirmishes are not for the meek […]

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The Ebb & Flow of Life: How to Survive the Holidays

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Good Year or Bad Year? The 10 Things that Happen Each Year Nothing creates emotional amplitude quite like the holidays. Especially this year. Social upheaval, global mistrust, selfishness, and behavioral unaccountability hardly mix a wonderful soufflé. Noise and uncertainty create disruption, as do mortality and circumstantial happenstance. Good things happen to bad people, bad things […]

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Today’s Assignment: Going Old School

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This time of year life seems easy or challenging, headlines scream abuse and conspiracy, and happiness washes upon us either in buckets or droplets. Surrounded by all that, today we are each empowered to brighten someone’s day in the simplest of ways. Today’s assignment is simple. When someone passes by, look at them and smile. […]

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Five Keys to Staying Positive in Trying Times

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In 2007  the global recession toppled dominoes around the world. Around the world we shared a common enemy, which was economic instability. Flash forward a decade: Today  global angst looks like a life-sized Lego puzzle. Divisiveness rules,  mistrust abounds, and conclusion-jumping has leap-frogged a long assumed, more traditional respect for measured, fact-based, contemplative thought. What’s […]

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Emotional Intelligence is Key to Happiness in a Digital World - Crowded Heads: What's A Bigger Problem, Anxiety or Remorse? - Wisdom & Loneliness - The Pursuit of Happiness - Devotion: An Exquisite Element of Life - Mondays: Hard or Easy to Engage? - 2019: Four New Year's Resolutions - Story: The Powerhouse of Modern Selling - "FEAR" by Bob Woodward - Pete, Sparky, and How to Manage People - How to Argue on Social Media - Trump's Biggest Problem - The Easy Thing vs. The Right Thing - "Deja vu all over again," -- My Second Workplace Shooting - Mimi's Soho: Finding a Niche - New book release update: Pro Selling - Oscar Nominees: Who Deserves to Win - New Book Announcement - Who's Who Lifetime Achievement - Tips for Managing the Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness - The Ebb & Flow of Life: How to Survive the Holidays - Today's Assignment: Going Old School - Company Culture: Is Yours by Design or Default? - Five Keys to Staying Positive in Trying Times - The Construction Process for Three Comedy Shorts - By the Numbers: Trump's Fear of the Mainstream American Press - Trump & His Dead Cats - One Hourglass & the Three Great Mysteries of Life - European Sales Rights Negotiated for Two Books - Smartphones May Cause a Huge Mental Health Crisis - How to Deal with Phone Addiction - Independence Day: Cutting the Cord with Facebook for A Full, Glorious Month - Happiness & the National Mood - Staying Upbeat in Uncertain Times - Inclusionary vs. Exclusionary Leadership Styles - Working in a Digital World: The 6 Keys to Skill Development - How Did You Get from "A-to-B-to-C"? - 6 Reasons to Train Your Trainers - The 5 Differences Between an Ordinary Coach and a Great Coach - Writing You Own Obituary: Six Ways to Make it Extraorinary - Donald Trump vs. Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness - Spring Movies: 32 Reviews in One Sentence Each - Findings from "The Impact" are Published as Global Think Tank Whitepaper - Aligning Head & Heart: How to Do So in 600 Words - Where Are All the Good Guys? - December Movie Reviews: 12 in One Sentence Each - Ocean Palmer's Letter to Santa - Resilience: The Key to Long & Happy Sales Careers - Why Relationship Managers Often Don't Sell Well - November Movies: 20 Reviews in One Sentence Each - Trump's Shocking Victory: How to Accept it Quickly - October Movie Reviews: 18 in a Single Sentence Each - Mindfulness: Finding & Protecting the Best Version of You - The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness: video promo clip - PRESS RELEASE: "The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness" - "The Impact of Technology" ... and A Most Intriguing Interview Queston - 10 September Movie Reviews ... One Sentence Each - Summer movie reviews: 26 films, one sentence each - Ocean Palmer Sales Excellence: A Quick Whiteboard Explainer - College Program: How to Manage Stress & an Overly Crowded Head - Managing the Worry Circle: Seminars & Consulting - Simplified Strategic Planning: Work Smarter, Not Harder - The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness - One-Day Coaching Seminars & Various Certification Continuums - Life, Love, and Dogs Helping Others - The BREXIT Vote & U.S. Election: The Juggling of Human Emotions - The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness - How to Manage Heads on College Campuses - Ocean Palmer's Unique Sales Talent Development Approach - The Best Strategic Planning Process Ever Devised - The 5 Ingredients to Organizational Excellence - The 4 Elements of Effective Communication - 25 One-Sentence Movie Reviews - Ali & Me: Rest in Peace, Champ - The Behavioral Impact of Technology on American & British Elections - Obituary: Sadie the Greyhound - March Movie Reviews: 12 in One Sentence Each - Donald Trump's Curious Math: Addition by Division - NEW BOOK! "The Impact" - It's Not About the Customer - Winter Movies: 22 Reviews in One Sentence Each - The Two Types of Leadership: Positional & Situational - My Long Overdue "Thank You" to Frankie Valli - November Movie Reviews: 10 Films in One-Sentence Each - October Movie Reviews: 11 Films in One Sentence Each - Managing the Worry Circle: M.I.T. Speech - Question from MIT: "How do you handle worrying about past decisions?" - Speech at MIT: Managing the Worry Circle - How to Be Happy: The 6 Magic Ingredients - Wentworth Media's Film Premiere: "The Green Hell" - 23 One-Sentence Summer Movie Reviews - June Movie Reviews: 17 Films in One Sentence Each - Can Empathy Be Learned? - 7 Subtle Signs of Creeping Depression - Midwest Book Review: "Portable Dad" - How to Name a Story - May Movie Reviews: 10 Films Reviewed in One-Sentence - April One-Sentence Movie Reviews - "Portable Dad" - a Coaching Guide for Young Adults & Crowded Heads - March One-Sentence Movie Reviews - Sadness: 5 Signs a Friend Might Need Help - NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT! "Portable Dad" - February One-Sentence Movie Reviews - One Sentence Movie Reviews: January 2015 - It’s TRUE...Attention Spans ARE Shorter than Ever! - "Text Neck" -- Does Anyone You Know Have It? - Reading While Traveling - "Telepressure" -- Do You Feel It? - December's One Sentence Movie Reviews - 2015 Predictions for Professional Selling - November Movies: Seven One-Sentence Reviews - One Sentence Film Reviews for October: the Lucky 7 - Coming Full Circle: A Peek at the Road Not Taken - September's One Sentence Film Reviews - 13 Late Summer Movie Reviews -- in One Sentence Each - Summer Movies: A Dozen One-Sentence Reviews - Time Stops for Only the Greats: the Loss of Robin Williams - My Handsome Chestnut Miracle - Selling for a Living: the 3 Sales Dynamics - 10 One-Sentence Movie Reviews: Early Summer - On Joining RAIN Group - Movies in May: One-sentence Movie Reviews - What California Chrome Means to the Horse Racing Industry - The Post-Oscar Slow Season: 21 One-Sentence Movie Reviews - Why Clippers Owner Donald Sterling Said What He Said - 10 Things I Wish I Knew ... in my 20s, 30s, and 40s - 10 Tips to Increase Your Efficiency - Exclusionary vs. Inclusionary Leadership Styles - Why Both Types of Recognition are Important - Facebook: Cigarettes of the New Millennium (part 4 of 4) - Facebook: Cigarettes of the New Millennium (part 3 of 4) - Facebook: Cigarettes of the New Millennium (part 2 of 4) - Facebook: Cigarettes of the New Millennium (part 1 of 4) - 12 Reasons to Love Visiting the United Kingdom - Life Skill Reminders: A Valuable Two Dozen - The Demise of X-Factor & Putin's X-Factor Olympic Games - Movie Update: "Bonefish" (The Galloping Ghost of Bimini) - Success: What it Isn't . . . and Is - January Movie Reviews: 8 in One Sentence - Why Office Relationships are Easy or Difficult - The Best Way to Sell Something: Have Something Great to Sell - Ranking the Golden Globes Best Picture Nominations - "The Wolf of Wall Street": Sales Lessons from the Film & Its Marketing - The Only Resolution We Ever Need - A New Year's Resolution for All: Resolve to Stop Using These Words! - How to Handle the Post-Holiday Blues - Christmas Season Movies: 9 Quick One-Sentence Reviews - Sacrificing Too Much for Success? 15 Warning Signs - "Trash Man Jesus" - The Magic of New Zealand - The Rise and Fall of Opposite Industries: Weed & Golf - One Sentence Movie Reviews -- 10 Films from November - 12 Common Mistakes of A Bad Boss - Unexpected Termination: Now What? - Why Core Values are Integral to Success - How to Ask for Help at Work: 12 Tips - Signficant Emotional Events: What They Are & How They Change Lives - How to Help Boost Your Career - October Movie Reviews -- In One Sentence - A Shocking Halloween Sales Stat & American Culture - Office Morale: Why It Is . . . The Way It Is - Sir Alex Ferguson’s 8 Rules of Leadership - Why You Need Your Sleep - Situational Management: Do You Lead or Manage? - September Movie Reviews -- In One Sentence - What a Good Coach Does and Does Not Do - Why Modern Progess is One Step Forward, One Step Back - A Tale of Two Kennys - Zone Your Life & Work -- What Zoning Is & Why It Matters - Empathy: Are You or Aren't You Empathetic? (And Why It Matters) - 10 More Late Summer Movie Reviews - Charlie Chaplin & Diana Nyad's Secret to Success - "How Can We?" vs. "Can't Because..." - 7 Tips for Writing A (Good) Short Film - "Bonefish" Movie Project: Information About the Open Casting Call - Common Traits of Unlikeable People - Common Traits of Likeable People - The Good, the Bad, & the Horrendous: 21 movie reviews, 1 sentence each - The 3 Rules of Good Coaching - How to Be Happier Today - Why You Want to Become Fluent in these 5 Communication Topics - The Power of Efficient Sales Coaching - Unplugged: My Week Off the Grid - How to Survive Collaborating - How to Turn A Negative Situation Into A Positive Experiences - Life & Death on the Zambezi - Mwandi, Zambia & the Sooka Community School - Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe: 10 Tips for Dealing with Shopkeepers - Toro Yaka, the Big 5, and Falling Out of A Safari Truck in Rural South Africa - Why I Started Giving Back - How to Be Happier Today, Tomorrow & the Day After - After College, Now What? 15 Suggestions to Keep Moving Forward - So You Think You Can .... Text? - How to Protect Your R.O.E. ("Return On Energy") - How to Manage Your Time - How to Juggle Your 11 Primary Emotions - Busy vs. Productive - 10 Tips for a Happier Life - Why Good Talent Leaves - Selling vs. Marketing: How to Find the Help You Really Need - Difficult Conversations: 10 Tips - How United Airlines Lost a Million-Mile Flier - Why Millennials Are the Most Stressed Out Generation - How to Repair A Relationship - A Peek Behind "The Raven of St. James's Park" Movie Deal - How to Pursue the Modern American Dream - Istanbul: How Selling Will Change in the Future - How Istanbul's Three Highest-rated Businesses Sell Their Products - Selling in Istanbul: the Egyptian Spice Bazaar - Selling in Istanbul: the Grand Bazaar - Selling in Istanbul: the Market in Snapshot - Istanbul: the History of Sales in a 5-Block Radius - How to Turn Stern Situations into Positive Coaching Experiences - Why Many Sales Coaches Aren't as Good as They Think - Why Worker Burnout is Escalating at an Alarming Rate - The 5 Most Important Things to Remember When Launching A Sales Career - How to Deal with the Stress of Superstorm Sandy - The Selling of a Candidate: Why Romney has a Chance - 6 Reasons Why Your First Loss is Usually Your Best Loss - Never Lose Sight of Your Best Alternative - The 3-Day Rule: How to Deal with Disappointment - "We Got to Play Baseball" Now in eBook Format - Why Worker Worries are Changing - Why Politics Inflame Emotion - Ocean Palmer’s 20 Keys to Better Writing - Why the Olympics Survive - Why Great Leaders Can Weaken - More Bullets, More Bodies, Same Reason - Why Bridging Silos is Getting Increasingly Tricky - Going, Going, and Nearly Gone: Products Going Bye-Bye - Why the Years of 0-13 Are So Vital (part 2 of 2: Business) - Why the Years from 0-13 Are So Vital (Part 1 of 2: Sports Dad) - Why the Triple Crown is So Hard to Win: People - Why Great Bosses Are Different - Why Email is Decreasing in Effectiveness - Why Office Etiquette Helps You Get Ahead (part 3 of 3) - Why Office Etiquette Helps You Get Ahead (part 2 of 3) - Why Office Etiquette Helps You Get Ahead (part 1 of 3) - Why Tebowmania Exists - 10 Ways to Impress the Boss - Why People Unfriend Each Other on Facebook - Why Dual Career Couples Face Challenges - Why Feeling Good Is Somewhat Formulaic - Why Job Satisfaction Hinges on Four Things - Why Many Businesspeople Are Scared of Public Speaking - 20 Facts to Impress Your Friends - Why Situational Leadership Matters - Why It's Hard to Sustain A Great Sales Culture - Oscar Predictions: 2012 - Why Greece is in Trouble & What We Need to Learn - Why Some Feel Successful and Others Don't - Why Misconceptions Occur: 11 Reasons & One Remedy - Why Being Nice Matters: One Man's Tribute to Angelo Dundee - Why Coaching is So Brilliantly Maddening - 10 Tips for Simplifying Your Life - Why Multi-Gen Effectiveness is Growing in Importance - Why Control Freaks Struggle to Succeed - Why the NBA's Attempt to Manage Conflict Failed - Why Courage Matters - Why First Impressions are Hard to Change - Why Most Companies Don't Sustain A Strong Sales Culture - Why the 10 Unhappiest Jobs Don't Need to Be That Way - The Lighter Side: News Fit for a Monday - Why Collaboration Works - New book: "We Got to Play Baseball" - Even the Strong Are Broken In Places - Perceptions, part 3 of 3: How Perceptions Can Change - Perceptions, part 2 of 3: How Perceptions Are (or Are Not) Affirmed - Perceptions, part 1 of 3: How Perceptions are Formed - Why It's Important to Push On - Why Great Sales Leaders Are Scarce - Pro Selling: the Future of Undergrad Business Schools - How Introverts Can Become Good Networkers - Movie Reviews from the 2010 Holiday Season - 2011 Writing Projects - Why is Tomorrow The Busiest Day of the Year? - New Year's Resolve: 14 Words to Forget - Why Workplace Rivalries Exist - The Top 20 Movies of 2010 - How to Succeed with A High Turnover Sales Force - Black Swan & Seven Other Movie Reviews - Nine Quick Movie Reviews - Why Changing a Sales Culture is Difficult - Why Men Go Through a Midlife Crisis - Why A Good Question is Always Worth Asking - Snapshot Movie Reviews - Why Politics is a Cesspool - News Fit for a Monday - Why It's the Thought that Counts - Why It's Okay to Turn Gray - Why Coaching Matters - Workers in Transition: Why It's Important to Reach Out - Why Chaplin was Right - Optimism vs. Pessimism - Why Silence is Good ... and Bad - Why Steamboat? - A Recent Interview with Jacksonville University - News Fit for a Monday - How to Develop Patience & Why It Matters - Why People Procrastinate - July 9th - Why Larry King Will Be Hard to Replace - How to Stay Happy When Others Aren't - Why People Procrastinate - Monday's Lighter Side of the News - The Daily Dozen - How to Impress A Stranger at a Cocktail Party - Why Rudeness is Increasing - Why the Gang Culture Exists (a 3-part series) - Why the Gang Culture Exists: Part 2 of 3 - Why the Gang Culture Exists: Part 3 of 3 - Pet Peeves: Why They're Good to Talk About - Why It's Hard to Win the Triple Crown - For Whom the Bell Tolls - Crouching Tiger, Shrinking Legend - For Some, the Earth Wobbles - Ronald McDonald Threatened by Idiot - Why Love Hurts - More News Fit for a Monday - Adapting a Novella to Screenplay - Why April 15 is Income Tax Day - Sales Personality Types - A Small Box from the Postman - Why Tiger Became the Madoff of Corporate Integrity - News Fit for a Monday - Tiger Woods, Meet Groucho Marx - Why Shoes? - Why the World Spins Faster - A Baby Step for Tiger Woods - How to Get Closure - Thrivers, Survivors, and Chevrolet Drivers - Real Stuff vs. Invisible Stuff - Why Men Have A Midlife Crisis - Speedy Boyfriends - Hurt People - The 2010 Oscars - The Psychology of Progress: "Throw Down the Bones!" - Why I Walked Away - Pole Dancing in the Olympics? - Why Companies Herd Cats - When to Stay, When to Leave - Dimpled Idiot - Sweat Dancing - How to Stay Young: Avoid the Reflexive Loop - Selling Value In A Tight Economy - The Crab & The Eel - Margaret's Tree - "It's Not a Business, It's A Club" - Five Questions - One Million Miles: My Favorite Places - Why Companies Herd Cats - Why the Dash Matters - Why Good Workers Get Stuck Doing More - Why Road Rage Occurs - How to Connect with People You Meet - How I Create A Story (part 1 of 2) - How I Create A Story (part 2 of 2) - How I Got My Pen Name - What's Your Head: A Castle or Open Bar? - Footprints or Buttprints - How to Deal with Conflicting Values - Gretchen & The Giant Shark's Teeth - Teenie-Weenie Pork Chops - Why Are So Many Unhappy at Work? - What Would You Trade? - Why Happiness is Math - Time Management: Four Slices of Pie - Why Good Salespeople Choose to Leave - One Giant Hammer - Barriers to Performance - The 5-Minute Shortcut - How Digital Pollution Affects Your Worry Circle - When to Hang On, When to Let Go - Absent Friends (A Vital Part of the Holiday Season) - The Barrel - Eric Clapton and the 3-Headed Man - Why Xerox Sold Superbly - Why Change is a Stinkbug - The 3-Day Rule - How to Worry Less During the Holidays - Monarch vs. Patriarch - What the World Teaches Us About Worry - The Little Chair - What is The Worry Circle?