Max Living

By Mark Brown
Economics is one of the central tenets of Max Living. We aim to help people progress to financial freedom, whatever that means for them, and give them tools and resources that help them exert more control over events in this part of life. If you’re worried about your financial future, chances are you [...]

One of the key philosophies of the Max Living System is that there are some things in life we can control, and some things we can’t. To obsess about those that we can’t control is counter-productive and only generates frustration, anger, and a sense that we are helpless in the face of life’s challenges. And [...]

This is the age of instant gratification. We live in a world of fast food, instant messaging, video-on-demand, and overnight shipping. People don’t want to wait for anything, and that generally applies to making money. There seems to be little patience for working at one’s craft and “paying one’s dues” over time, slowly but steadily [...]

Do you see problems as exciting opportunities or as annoying obstacles?
How we view problems is an indicator of our wealth and success, or lack thereof.
Author and speaker T. Harv Eker teaches that:
Poor people base their decisions on fear and say things like, “What if it doesn’t work?”;
Middle-class people base their decisions [...]

There are four different types of people in the world of money: Employees, Self-Employed, Business Owners, and Investors.
Where are you on the CASHFLOW Quadrant? Rich Dad, Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki explains.

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Does your income flow passively, or are you stuck in a position that requires constant and unnecessary work?
A high form of production is to use systems to duplicate our efforts in order to produce the greatest amount of value for the greatest amount of people.
Most small businesses fail because the owner does [...]

“Success…to laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch [...]

An American businessman was standing at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish.
“How long it took you to catch them?” The American asked.
“Only a little [...]

By Bob Kaelin
The story is told of two businessmen who took a business trip to an undeveloped region in Africa.
Upon arriving, the first thing they noticed was that no one was wearing any shoes.
The first businessman said, “We don’t want to do business here because there is no opportunity.”
However, the other businessman said, “Wow, look [...]

By Bob Kaelin
Years ago I worked for a man who, at the time, was the richest man in the state of Utah. I ran one of his companies and we became close.
I quickly learned that his whole goal in life was to make more money.
When I first started working for him, another Utah man was [...]