by David Palmer | Jul 5, 2011 | Fitness
We all believe in the importance of fitness. Heck some of us are selling it. But what is fitness, and how do you achieve it? My idea of fitness is a broad one. It includes physical, intellectual, social and spiritual components. But my concept of fitness does not mean...
by David Palmer | Jul 5, 2011 | Fitness
After an operation in 1974 put my right shoulder out of commission for a couple of months, I realized how little dexterity I had in my left hand relative to my right. What’s that all about, I thought. Who made that dominant hand rule that we live our lives by anyway?...
by David Palmer | Jul 4, 2011 | Business
“What do you call someone who speaks three languages?” Trilingual. “What do you call someone who speaks two languages?” Bilingual. “What do you call someone who speaks one language?” American. OK, OK. It is an old joke that is,...
by David Palmer | Jun 9, 2011 | Touch
That wonderfully rich quote comes from Anne Fernald, the head of Stanford Institute’s Center for Infant Studies during an interview on a RadioLab podcast, one of my favorite NPR science programs. The program segment was titled Sound as Touch and explores the...
by David Palmer | May 23, 2011 | Chair Massage, History
My love affair with chair massage began in 1982, four years before the first professional massage chair came on the market. This is the story of what it took to get that first massage chair built. The problem The team I had assembled to begin providing seated massage...
