Max Living

It may be fundamental, but often the fundamentals are missed. In personal development, you have to know where you are in relation to where you want to go in order to make progress. How you get from “A” to “B” is where the growth comes. As the late Jim Rohn often said, “If you want [...]

By Mark Brown
It has been said that perception is reality, but too often deception ends up at the foundation of our outlook. The stories we tell ourselves become a recurring soundtrack. This can often be positive and motivating, but it can also be destructive and limiting. Not only can a poor perception of ourselves hold [...]

By Mark Brown
Do you find certain words have special resonance for you? Do some words motivate you to action while others, for whatever reason, grate on your nerves? Do you use words as well as you’d like?
This week’s book recommendation is Aspire: Discovering Your Purpose Through the Power of Words, by Kevin Hall. I have [...]

“It may be that the human race is not ready for freedom. The air of liberty may be too rarified for us to breathe…
The paradox seems to be, as Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. While those who will not govern themselves [...]

“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible.” -Lawrence of Arabia
Do you dream [...]

A man named Steven Brill once set out to test the oft-heard phrase, “You just can’t trust anybody anymore.”
Brill posed as a wealthy foreigner in New York City, and got into several dozen taxis to see how many drivers would cheat him.
Only one out of thirty-seven cheated him.
The rest took him directly to his destination [...]

“Those who dream by day see many things which escape those who only dream by night.” -Edgar Allen Poe

A rare cancer took Ben Underwood’s eyes. So how can he ride a bicycle, rollerskate and navigate without a cane or seeing eye dog?
Ben taught himself to “see” by hearing sounds bounce off of nearby objects.
It doesn’t matter what holds you back. You can teach yourself to overcome it.

*If you’re reading this [...]

Do you often find yourself taking on the responsibilities of others?
Many would-be leaders, in their quest to produce value, end up taking on unnecessary tasks that others are responsible for and thus feed irresponsibility in those around them.
Leaders understand their unique role and do it with excellence, and they allow others to also fulfill their [...]

Is your language inhibiting your mind and your performance?
Our mind is heavily influenced by the words that we use, and vice versa.
We must constantly beware of consumer words and phrases such as, “need,” “have to,” “He made me do it,” “I’ll try,” “expect,” “I’ll get it done someday,” and “deserve.”
Leaders don’t need anything, or have [...]