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Can’t We All Just Get Along?

March 17, 2021 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

The poppies just keep on growing. While the new president tries to instill a return to civility and order, the old one hopes the legal sledgehammer currently being lifted in New York somehow fails to crack open the coconut of various misgivings that will soon create an Excedrin headache all the Tylenol Extra Strength in […]

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Filed Under: Politics & Emotions

“FEAR” by Bob Woodward

October 12, 2018 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

There is a reason Bob Woodward is one of the most highly respected journalists covering American politics and his latest book, “FEAR,” is proof why: “FEAR” is a thoroughly researched, fact-based work that pulls back the curtain on the disorganized chaos caused by current president Donald Trump. The book pre-ordered a million copies–a prodigious number […]

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By the Numbers: Trump’s Fear of the Mainstream American Press

October 26, 2017 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I read an eye-widener this morning on CNN. If you want to understand why there is such an angry schism among Americans these days — hate the guy versus love the guy — check out Donald Trump’s channel selections. This is the tally of President Trump’s interviews with major American news organizations since inauguration day: Fox […]

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Donald Trump vs. Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness

May 18, 2017 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I am, by profession, a behaviorist who teaches advanced strategic selling. Here’s my take on how Donald Trump operates as seen through the aperture of both lenses, the behavioral side and selling side. Behaviorally The Hero persona. There are eight types of students I deal with in a classroom. Trump typifies the biggest pain of […]

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Trump’s Shocking Victory: How to Accept it Quickly

November 10, 2016 by Ocean Palmer 10 Comments

Bombastic self-promoting businessman Donald Trump’s stunning upset victory in the United States presidential election was, for hundreds of millions around the world, somewhat unsettling. While opponent Hillary Clinton earned a slim preference in the cumulative popular vote, Trump’s electoral college advantage (290-232) was decisive. Combined with Trump’s Republican party regaining control of both the House of Representatives and U. S. Senate, the next […]

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Filed Under: Life Skills, Politics & Emotions

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

June 24, 2016 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

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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Filed Under: Happiness, Influencing Behaviors, Leadership, Life Skills, Managing Conflict, Politics & Emotions

The Behavioral Impact of Technology on American & British Elections

June 7, 2016 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I recently returned from teaching a business class in London, a trip that also involved a circuitous return from France due to irate transportation workers going on strike. Frustration abounds, regardless which side of the Atlantic you reside. In the U. K., the American presidential election is a bemused distraction for most, whose primary concern […]

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Filed Under: Influencing Behaviors, Politics & Emotions

Donald Trump’s Curious Math: Addition by Division

March 14, 2016 by Ocean Palmer 2 Comments

As America heads into the stretch of its nomination free-for-all formerly known as presidential campaigning, the emotion of the Donald Trump candidacy deserves a bit of behavioral dissection. The flamboyant businessman is single-handedly unlocking dormant emotion and stoking frustration into activism that threatens to change us from the United States of America to the Divided […]

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Filed Under: Blog, Politics & Emotions, Sales, Self Promotion

The Selling of a Candidate: Why Romney has a Chance

October 29, 2012 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

I coach corporate sales positioning, value propositions, and strategic selling in white collar environments. My client companies typically offer differentiated, value-based solutions in increasingly crowded spaces. In many regards, they parallel political campaigns. Success hinges on swaying perception. Every four years The Big Election rolls around, forcefully plowing its way through the decency of our […]

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Filed Under: Politics & Emotions, Sales

Why Politics Inflame Emotion

September 5, 2012 by Ocean Palmer Leave a Comment

As an impatient and confused America lumbers toward an uncertain eenie-meenie in November’s presidential election between two flawed candidates, ushering us along the way are flood tides of political truths, half-truths, mistruths, and laughable distortions that have raised voter emotions to an angry volatility not seen in decades. This voter intensity stems from five very […]

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