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Findings from “The Impact” are Published as Global Think Tank Whitepaper

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Last spring I collaborated with MIT grad school professor Dr. Agnis Stibe on a scientific research paper based upon the findings I revealed in my latest book, “The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness.” Earlier this week we learned the paper has been accepted for publication based upon its scholarly merit. This, of course, is […]

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Where Are All the Good Guys?

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As the new president steps in and deftly proves that no one is equipped to take over the world’s most important underpaying job—regardless how much he pretends he is—I watch a nation and world stewing in confused dissatisfaction. The new president has earned his record low transition disapproval ratings. An arrogant yeller and Teflon blamer […]

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Mindfulness: Finding & Protecting the Best Version of You

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With more than half of voting Americans feeling stress from the current political mayhem we are forced to endure, it’s easier than any time since the Great Recession to get so lost in emotional noise we lose track of happiness and contentment. This, of course, begs the question, “What can we do to get back to, and maintain, […]

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The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness: video promo clip

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My new book is out and the reviews have been outstanding, which is a big relief since I invested 18 months and 1,500+ hours figuring this stuff out. Acceptance, of course, is every writer’s giant question mark: Will readers feel they have gotten their time and money’s worth? In the case of “The Impact of Technology on […]

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“The Impact of Technology” … and A Most Intriguing Interview Queston

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The Single Incident   I was asked recently during lunch with a meeting planner what single incident inspired me to research and write The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness. Since that was a new one — I had never been asked that one before — I had to think about the answer. A vivid, colorful slide show flashed […]

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The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness

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The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness Two-minute Whiteboard Explainer My new book by the same name (released by Crossroad Press in all formats under my “Ocean Palmer” pen name) has fed the creation of a new learning seminar that has proved popular in American and the United Kingdom. A short overview movie of the […]

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The BREXIT Vote & U.S. Election: The Juggling of Human Emotions

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An interesting web article by Diane Raymond caught my eye and I thought her topic—human emotions—was worth sharing and building upon. In view of yesterday’s stunning BREXIT exodus decision by the United Kingdom, it seems worth noting what emotions are and how the world suddenly finds itself percolating in them. All of us experience an […]

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The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness

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The scientific evidence connected to technology’s relentless encroachment into daily life is irrefutable. It is not particularly encouraging. With more portals into the mind than ever before—computers, tablets, phones, apps, texts, emails, messaging, social media, and more—heads are changing from fortified, protected castles into loud and crowded open bars. And when heads change, behaviors change. We […]

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