Life Skills Archives - Ocean Palmer

My Life Skills & Business Books: the what & why of each

November 17, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Business & Life Skills Intertwined whether we like it or not As my teaching and global consulting career has unfolded, I constantly strive to add equity to what I teach and how I teach it. These seven books are part of my intellectual property portfolio. Each serves a different learning objective. If one of these […]

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“The Box” —- What’s in Yours?

November 1, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The Box holds life’s values, choices, and experiences, its perimeter strung with lights to navigate what a friend calls “all the rest of it.” Decisions and life experiences sort and police what goes in The Box and what does not. Life would be clean, neat, and orderly if everything snuggled perfectly into an assigned place, […]

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“Getting a New Job” book release!

August 22, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Thrilled this one is out: Just as “Managing the Worry Circle” helped people around the world, so will this. For most, the worst part of a new job isn’t doing what’s required, it is finding and landing the job in the first place! Having taught and coached around the world, I have compiled an easy […]

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New book coming soon: “Getting a New Job”

June 1, 2022 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

“Getting a New Job” (a smartbook for positive change) is nearing publication. The “how to” guide will be available by July 1st via e-book and print-on-demand. I am happy with it and confident it will help a lot of readers seeking inside secrets to interview more effectively and secure opportunities they truly desire. The book […]

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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 and definitive. “Husband, house, picket fence, baby, all of it,” she […]

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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 increase. As common as those three words are as they take turns in today’s […]

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Second Interview with Ed Molitor’s “The Athletics of Business”

June 25, 2021 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

It’s always nice to be a guest on someone’s show, especially so when you are asked back a second time. Following my recent return to Chicago-based Ed Molitor’s interview program, here is the link: https://theathleticsofbusiness.com/podcasts/with-ted-simendinger2/ We covered many topics, including Managing the Worry Circle, pro selling, story construction and my writing process, plus the great […]

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Dealing with Disappointment: The Four Words You Need to Know

April 27, 2020 by Ocean Palmer 4 Comments

A daisy chain of unrelated topics connected by braided common themes — frustration and disappointment — have led me to repeating the four words we need to keep in mind whenever we face echoing head noise. I feel strongly about all four, and have a printed summary taped to my computer screen as a relentless […]

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Making Better Time Choices During Housebound Mandates

March 30, 2020 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

From what I’ve been seeing, reading, and hearing in discussions with friends on five continents, one of the major challenges during COVID-19’s unexpected housebound life challenges stems from what to do with the time that mandated self-isolation creates. For those whose habits and lifestyles enable them to amuse or entertain themselves as a course of […]

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Social Distancing: How to Avoid Ending up in Freakadelphia

March 23, 2020 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

As frustration boils in the USA from lack of preparedness, leadership, it is safe to assume that things will get far worse before they get even slightly better. With state governors looking locally instead of Washington for action-centric steps to protect their people, it is incumbent to heed their warning and self-protect, which also helps […]

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