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What Do Abraham
Lincoln, Thomas Edison,
and Andrew Carnegie All Have In Common?
They All Understood the Amazing
Dream-Boosting Power of a “Mastermind”
Barbara Winter and I have been
wracking our collective brains to see what else we can do to help as
many as people as possible to reach, as Barbara calls it, “the other
side.” Then we had it! We’ll do a FREE Mini-Mastermind!
The term Mastermind was coined by
Napolean Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich. In it Hill
described the findings of his lifelong study of
highly successful people. Not surprisingly, he found that one common
characteristic among people like Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, and
Andrew Carnegie (to name a few) was that they belonged to some kind
of “Mastermind” group.
A Mastermind group,
says Hill, is “a coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit
of harmony between two or more people, for the attainment of a
definite purpose. This form of cooperative alliance has been the
basis of nearly every great success.”
The reason Barbara and I are calling
it a “Mini-Mastermind” is because at this point, neither of us is
sure if we have the time to dedicate to an ongoing in-person group.
But if you know Barbara or me at all then you know we are the kind
of people who never say “never.”
So this is a kind of a
“testing the waters” exercise in the event that our 2007-2008
speaking schedules are not as hectic as we both think they’re going
to be. Given that I was just invited to speak at an International
Living conference in Panama, things do not appear to be slowing down
– but you never know! In the process Barbara and I are hoping to
launch a few more dreams!
Who Should Attend?
A mastermind works best when it is composed of people who have
gone beyond the exploring stage of “what do I want to be when I
grow up” to actively starting or growing a business (see below).
We are actively trying to get a bigger room but as it stands now
the room only holds 25 people so right now that’s our limit.
First preference will be given to people attending the
Work at What You Love
workshop that is meeting Friday and Saturday, August 24-25. If
there’s room we’ll open it up to other folks.
How Will It Work?
Of the 25 people, Barbara and I will be selecting five people
who are at a stage in their business where we believe they could
most benefit from a large group “Mastermind” session (we’ll
notify the 5 people about 10 days before the event). The other
twenty people can be at any stage of the changing course process
and will be offering ideas to the 5 people we’ll be “master
minding” around, and no doubt picking up some great tips for
themselves. Plus, we’ll leave some time at the end to give
everyone a chance to pose a business question in smaller teams.
When:
Sunday, August 26th
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. following the Work at What You Love
workshop.
Where:
The Hotel Northampton, Northampton, Massachusetts
SIGN ME UP!
I
believe I can benefit from this small group
Mastermind Session
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