Life Skills Archives - Page 14 of 16

Why Men Have A Midlife Crisis

March 11, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

In a world without women, what would a crazy man do? Many of my middle age friends have cartwheeled out of control at some point with at least one bizarre behavioral crisis. When the economy was flush, some involved playthings and wheelbarrows of money. Now that money’s tight, the drive to act squirrely is just […]

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Hurt People

March 6, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

In a recent column I mentioned a mass shooting by a co-worker in Honolulu while I was still working with Xerox. The shooter, Byran Uyesugi, was a service technician who fixed machines. The men he killed were his teammates, fellow technicians. The massacre occurred at the start of a team meeting on November 2, 1999. […]

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The Psychology of Progress: “Throw Down the Bones!”

March 3, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

One of the best pieces of advice I’ve received in the last few years came from Steve Moore, the great cartoonist who draws the daily sports panel “In the Bleachers.” If you aren’t familiar with his work, make sure to visit gocomics.com/inthebleachers and take a look. Day in, day out Moore is as good as […]

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Why I Walked Away

March 1, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Twenty years seems a long time. Then again it’s less than the blink of an eye since the earth is 4.6 billion years old. Too bad we insist on making it show its age. I have earned a buck many ways since the tragic day my parents halted the allowance gravy train: Fur trapper → […]

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When to Stay, When to Leave

February 24, 2010 by Ocean Palmer 2 Comments

With worker dissatisfaction at a record high, from it springs a question: When should I stay in a job and when should I leave? There are strong parallels between a worker’s job loyalty and that of a personal relationship. When we invest time, energy, and emotion into a job we pay a price for the […]

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The Crab & The Eel

February 16, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I was born in Philadelphia and lived in its suburbs until seventh grade, when my family moved mid-year to Severna Park, Maryland, a pretty town nine miles up the Severn River from where Annapolis and the Naval Academy meet the mouth at the Chesapeake Bay. The bay is salt water but the Severn’s source is […]

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Why the Dash Matters

February 4, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I’m sorry but I don’t remember which friend I discussed this with. I shall blame that on time or coffee or the scarcity of left-handed tools in a right-handed world. The Dash Theory is an idea we slapped around because of its elegant simplicity. Each of us has a birth year. And each of us […]

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Why Road Rage Occurs

January 31, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

My college roommate has never been an easy guy to cohabit with, a lesson his wife soon learned. He can be obnoxious. She is strong-willed. They make a fiery pair. A few years ago he was griping about needing some space. She took his dinner plate—complete with steak and baked potato—opened the kitchen door, and […]

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How to Connect with People You Meet

January 29, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

Ever meet someone and click instantly? Or face the opposite problem: struggling to have an easy, unforced interaction? Chances are you’ve done both. A big reason this happens is due to how the mind operates. People tend to think in one of two directions, either concept-to-detail or detail-to-conclusion. Most people can flex from one direction […]

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What’s Your Head: A Castle or Open Bar?

January 25, 2010 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The more things we invent to simplify our lives, the more complicated they’ve become. With sensory assault bombarding us with relentless velocity from every conceivable direction—and some new ones COMDEX hasn’t unveiled yet—it’s no wonder heads are spinning. Which begs the question, “Is your head getting crowded, too?” Since competition for mindshare is increasing—some of […]

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