Life Skills Archives - Ocean Palmer

Crowded Heads: What’s A Bigger Problem, Anxiety or Remorse?

February 14, 2019 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

People can get so knotted up dealing with crowded heads that sometimes they lose track of Marie Kondo’s advice concerning material possessions: de-clutter. Head noise often involves a suitable dose of anxiety or remorse. Whenever your head gets crowded, pause from juggling the chaos long enough to identify if you are feeling either one. Anxiety […]

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Devotion: An Exquisite Element of Life

January 23, 2019 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

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 Easy Thing vs. The Right Thing

July 30, 2018 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

“The easy thing and the right thing are not always the same thing.” — Ocean Palmer A client recently thanked me for a good week of work by sending me on a weekend trip to a top-rated safari camp in western Kenya’s sprawling Masai Mara preserve. From the time our bush plane touched down until […]

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Tips for Managing the Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness

January 3, 2018 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I frequently teach seminars on the behavioral impact of technology reliance. Shared below are a list of suggestions on what to know and do. I hope they help. For more information or to schedule a seminar for your company or organization, feel free to drop me a note. Tips for Managing the Impact of Technology […]

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One Hourglass & the Three Great Mysteries of Life

August 29, 2017 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The Hourglass of Life If each day of life is one grain of sand that gravity drops from the top of life’s birth-issued hourglass to the bottom, the average American male born in 1959 is assigned 24,399 grains. One of my best friends, Samuel Jay Davis III — “Smiler” as […]

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Smartphones May Cause a Huge Mental Health Crisis

August 11, 2017 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The blurb I have copied below ran today in Managed Care, a subscription publication popular across the health care industry. The message aligns strongly with what I wrote and teach based upon my most recent book, The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness. This topic — digital addiction — is vitally important to learn […]

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Staying Upbeat in Uncertain Times

July 27, 2017 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Staying Upbeat in Uncertain Times 5 Tips to Stay Positive (note: This piece was originally written for an international in-flight magazine) Every time we board a plane we have four choices on how to pass the time. We can spend that time, waste it, invest it in something that matters, or cherish it. While the […]

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How Did You Get from “A-to-B-to-C”?

July 17, 2017 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

During a recent interview I was asked a simple but interesting question: “How did you get from A to B to C?” Ask that, or something similar, often enough and some of the answers you hear will strike you as truly remarkable. Some of my most trusted friends have come from family situations that have […]

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Writing You Own Obituary: Six Ways to Make it Extraorinary

June 13, 2017 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

As I watched the documentary film “Obit” the other day about the New York Times’ three obituary writers, what they shared triggered memories of a module I am passionate about teaching but do not teach often enough. Times being what they are, perhaps now is a good time to revisit the importance of owning the […]

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Aligning Head & Heart: How to Do So in 600 Words

March 8, 2017 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

After speaking at Colorado School of Mines yesterday about Worry Circle management and The Impact of Technology on Behavior & Happiness, one of the attendees pointed out that I mentioned the importance of keeping heart and heart aligned but didn’t explain how to do so. This was a great reflective point that deserves a written […]

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