Do you have a mastermind team?

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First one in the 1960s, based on THINK AND GROW RICH. Others over the years.

My opinion today is, one of my Mentors, Jim Straw was right on. He wrote about it in his book MUSTARD SEEDS, SHOVELS & MOUNTAINS. Before he died, we had a conversation about teams vs Masterminds.

My first one, we had 12, again, based on TAGR idea, seemed 12 was the right number, but I think that is too many.

Smaller teams of 5 or 6 can be productive, especially if there are different opinions/experiences on the team.

Today, I agree with Jim Straw, no more than 3 people, and mostly 2 minds is all that is needed to form a mastermind.

I guess it depends on what you want from all the sharing.

As Jim wrote, and I experienced, it is very difficult to find more than 3 people who are in synch, and are in harmony with the group, the more people, the greater the risk of having someone who will not be in "perfect harmony", and that is the secret for gaining the most you can from forming a mastermind.

However, a study group or a group of like minded persons, say, business owners is a different thing completely from a mastermind.

Also, Napoleon Hill's Mastermind group, was imaginary and only in his head. His many mentors, contacts, interviewees were of a like mind, success (money) and accomplishment motivated.

What do you want to get from forming or joining such a group?

The better you can define your wants, the better chance you will find people who will either compliment your goals, or form a mastermind with.

GordonJ

PS. The kindle edition of Jim's book is only 3.82, a bargain.

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You won't need humans to cut the slack and zig into greatness. Just read between the lines man.

Mastermind groups sound sexy but you have to live and breathe the game as brothers in arms.

For me Chuck, masterminding is a few trusted friends I bonded with over years. We chat casually through messaging or via Zoom, on business in life. Laid back and 1 to 1 versus a group meeting but I reap benefits from the chats. Big time.

Getting to know these folks and trusting them implicitly takes time. I'd suggest networking, helping people out and organically allowing strong bonds to form, between you and folks you vibe with. From there just chat these folks up biz and life wise through Messenger or Zoom.

Ryan

I am blessed to have spent a lifetime working closely with the most powerful, enlightened, focused, driven and intelligent team of Masterminds the world has even produced.

Me, Myself and I.

Stop looking outside yourself unless you just want to be someone else. Everything you need to know lies within. The rest is available through a Google search.

how many of the voices in my head have to be saying materfull things before i can consider myself to have a mastermind ..

but then sometimes i only think they might be saying something masterfull ..but they are speaking a language i don't understand .. .. so i have to puff up their self esteem by telling them how brillent that would be if i could understand it

The last thing my shrink did say to me 8 years ago.. was there was nothing more he could do for me ..

on a more serious note .. do you really need a mastermind most of the time .. in today's world it's better to come togetter with people for a short time and get all the information progress you need .. then when you need something like that again .. get a group of different people .. when things change slow for decades at a time ..long term masterminds probably where good .. but with the rapid change going on .. does it have the same benefit

I used to be in a Dan Kennedy Mastermind group with 12-15 people. We were all successful business owners. The cost was $650 a month. It was an all day meeting. We met in person. We met once a month. 5 or 6 years, I think.

I used to talk on the phone once a week with 5 or 6 great business owners that came from this forum. Really smart people that had real ideas to share. For whatever reason, I got out of the habit of joining the call. There was no cost. I was with them a few years, I think.The meeting lasted an hour or so.

For about 12 years, I've been meeting with two other thinkers by phone for an hour or so. It's once a month now. We only talk about one idea. And we try to destroy the idea logically. No holds barred. Some are business ideas, some are philosophical questions. Brilliant people.

I've been interested in mastermind groups for some time now and have been debating joining or forming my own group.

After flying solo, working on my own affiliate marketing biz for almost three years now, I think it's time to get involved with a mastermind to reach the next level in my biz.

In researching mastermind groups, I came across this video by Pat Flynn (one of my favorite biz mentors) that perfectly explains the benefits of a mastermind group, solid tips for structuring the meetings, and rules for the group to live by to ensure success.

Link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/U0Np-IszK-8

Some key take aways:
- purpose: coordinated effort of shared knowledge + effort to accomplish business goals
- benefits of group: Accountability, Encouragement, Inspiration, Outside feedback, Unbiased opinions, Growing together
- most groups fail because of lack of structure
- 2 to 5 members max
- all members should be within +/- 2 levels of each other in business (knowledge/experience) vs how you self-rank on 1-10 scale
- each meeting has one designated hotseat and moderator; each meeting focuses around that one hotseat member's particular biz challenge; hotseat/moderator rotates each meeting
- basic meeting structure: 10 mins sharing a success (round-robin) / 40 mins hotseat discussion / 10 mins share future goal (round-robin)
- practice brutal but respectful honesty and encouragement
- everyone must be 100% committed; the group must be regarded as high priority right after family
- form a repository/channel for on-going support (fb group, slack, etc.)