Max Living

“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 [...]

By Greg Fullerton
At the age of 17 Benjamin Franklin felt like a failure. He sat down and asked himself what his highest priorities were and what he valued the most.
He came up with the following 12 “virtues”:

TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid [...]

Sometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important.
We may fail to say hello, please, or thank you, congratulate someone on something wonderful that has happened to them, give a compliment, or just do something nice for no reason.
Charles Plumb, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate, was a jet [...]

By Bob Kaelin
I’ll never forget my very first sales call fresh out of college.
I was working for a pharmaceutical company and my job was to service pharmacies. I had been given a territory that hadn’t been serviced for months.
I prepared to call on the ad manager for a particularly large chain. I had done all [...]

By Daria Davidson
“We all get to live with the rewards and the consequences of our decisions.”
I have said that simple phrase thousands of times over the last 25 years.
Spending 20 years as an emergency room physician gave me a chance to see, up close and very personal, the truth [...]

Ever wonder how to get more happiness out of your life? Watch this video and learn how using your strengths in the right way can fill your life with more bliss.

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By Bob Kaelin
As a high school wrestler, I felt destined to become a professional athlete.
But a severe knee injury altered that perceived destiny. Rather than sit out the season and visit a doctor, I decided to continue on and see a doctor over the summer.
After another injury, I was forced to visit a doctor. [...]

If you were diagnosed with cancer and given months to live, how would it change your life? What would suddenly become most important to you?
Watch this video to learn from a person for whom this was a reality.

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By Greg Fullerton
So back in the days when I weighed 340…
“Oh, here he goes again on his ‘big’ days.”
I was in Panama City, Florida doing a training and I had some time to kill.
I was walking along the beach and I saw a guy parasailing. I had the crazy thought that I should try [...]

By Carl Woolston
“I hold it true that thoughts are things;
They’re endowed with bodies and breath and wings;
And that we send them forth to fill
The world with good results, or ill.
That which we call our secret thought
Speeds forth to earth’s remotest spot,
Leaving its blessings or its woes
Like tracks behind it as it goes.
We build our future, [...]