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The Power of the Mastermind Group
“As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.” This sharpening process is the heart of the mastermind group where members question, encourage, coach, and challenge each other in their personal and professional lives.
Masterminds are age-old. Benjamin Franklin established, The Junto, in 1727, a club for mutual improvement and to exchange knowledge of business affairs. From his autobiography, “Our debates were to be under the direction of a president, and to be conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiry after truth, without fondness for dispute or desire of victory.”
Masterminds consist of entrepreneurs and business owners from a variety of fields with an objective of assisting members with difficult issues, using the insights and experiences of the group at large.
Members take turns on the ‘hot seat’ to present their current challenge to the group, and a brainstorming session ensues. This is the most valuable aspect of the mastermind group when the collective knowledge and wisdom of the group focuses on finding solutions, and the member in the spotlight settles on next steps, and becomes accountable to follow through.
The Benefits of a Mastermind Group
- High-Level Networking. Members are leaders, founders and experts in their fields and committed to the success of the others. There is no hidden agenda. Members share and help each other; meaningful relationships are built and problems get solved!
- Fresh Perspectives. As members observe each other on the hot seat, they find applications to their own businesses, ways to improve their current systems and processes, and ideas they had not considered.
- Mastermind groups are not for the faint-hearted. In our analogy, as the irons grind past each other, there is heat and sparks fly. Members receive opinions and constructive criticism, not from well-meaning friends and family who tell you what you want to hear, but from associates who will tell you what you need to hear.
- “Everyone you meet knows something you don’t know.” This is multiplied in mastermind groups where members bring to the table, their skill sets, their energy, their creativity and inspiration, each encouraging the others to take their venture to the next level.
“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”
Epictetus
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