I deserve what I want. I am entitled to it. Really? Living the dream without entitlement means being free of the pressure of absolutely having to have it your way. I don’t believe entitlement is germane only to the current generation of young adults. It is a natural phenomenon to want more. As a college [...]
If you are like most people, you have a fear of having too little money. “Don’t worry, be happy” does not resonate with you because you know all too well what it means to be short on cash when you need it the most. This fear sometimes leads to peniaphobia – the fear of poverty. [...]
Coming to the final chapter of one’s life without regrets is a strong desire most of us have. Living the dream means living NOW in such a way that looking back is free of regrets. When I was in my 20’s living in Berlin, our pastor cited a recent study done in retirement homes across [...]
“There ought to be a law against that,” I often find myself saying. People do things that harm, hurt, or hinder other people and I, for one, often feel that it’s my job to point this out. Having such a judgmental attitude does not make me a lot of friends. If fact, no one wants [...]
Putting honey on the hand of a three-year-old for a photo op with a wild bear is perhaps the best example of stupidity I’ve ever heard. My wife’s step brother and friend saw this happen. Fortunately, they could scare away the bear by making a lot of noise. Then mother looked at them and said., [...]
As I write this, Hurricane Irma is bearing down on my son and his family. Also, to the north and to the south of me are wildfires burning 1000s of acres. Why worry? Most of the things we worry about never happen. Of those things which DO happen, they are usually not as bad as [...]
Living the Dream means being able to think and enjoy life with undue noise and distractions. Most of us desire to retreat to a place of solitude and calm comfort when we think of the dream life. If noise surrounds us, we can't really relax. Sure, there are times when you just want to party [...]
When I teach a business class, I often begin by telling the students, "My name is Michael Marx, and I'll be teaching you capitalism." They always laugh. However, one Russian student commented to me about two weeks later, "Wow, you really are a capitalist!" Karl Marx developed an economic theory that allows people to pursue [...]
Learning the German language has been one of the most rewarding and frustrating things I've ever done. In fact, I failed the first course I took. It was during that time that I was preparing for a summer of service in South America when the program director asked me to change to the team going [...]
To be free from the slavery of an 8 to 5, 45-minute commute, jacket + tie or make-up + dress type job is the dream of many Americans. In their article Entrepreneur as Emancipation (2009), Rindova, Barry and Ketchen postulate that people seeking to bring about new environments for themselves are looking for autonomy from [...]