A Proven Formula For Success
A mastermind group can be a platform for achievement beyond any other
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Based on the well established fact that the best decisions we are ever likely to make are those we make in collaboration with people we trust and whose opinions we respect, a mastermind group is the vehicle of choice for successful people everywhere.
Here is the way we are using them to maximum advantage.
For example it took us months to conclude that a schedule of two meetings per month works best.
Even though there is no travel required, in the case of our group where we meet via telephone and attending the meeting simply requires picking up the phone, doing so every week becomes far too demanding very quickly and the items discussed easily become chit chat rather than something important.
We also found by trial and error that once a month did not work for us either.
So many things were happening in between the meetings all the time was absorbed with what had already taken place and there was no opportunity to discuss plans for the future.
Every two weeks is a good formula for keeping the group connected without making it a burden. There is time to share the results from the last two weeks and discuss those important and imminent items of everyone's agenda.
The most effective meeting time is 90 minutes.
We have found, again through trial and error that ninety minutes provides enough time for members to feel like something meaningful was accomplished and to feel connected with each other.
Remember, this is about forming powerful relationships that can continue to serve you for years to come.
In a future article I'll share with you the actual structure of our meetings that make the ninety minute format work for us.
Naturally if you are still getting together in person for your mastermind group you'll want it to last longer, if for no other reason than to justify the time, travel, expense, etc.
The extra time, again based on the experiences of successful people we know using this process, will not make them more productive. Just the contrary, more chit chat and less excitement about attending the next meeting.
Mastermind groups were originally created as face to face interactions. Imagine how much of a commitment was required back then when you had to travel perhaps for hours just to get together with your fellow mastermind group members?
Even when gas was cheap these face to face mastermind groups took up a lot of time. And the members of the group were only those folks who lived close enough to get to the meetings regularly. This really limited the potential of the group to who was around instead of who was the best possible fit.
Over the last decade or so however mastermind groups have migrated to more of a virtual environment with some meetings face to face, perhaps quarterly or even annually, with the others handled using all the technologies currently available.
In fact we know dozens and dozens of groups made up of trade association members who meet before, during, and even in private after their annual association events. They use this face time to catch up and plan for the future. The rest of the year they meet together over the phone and keep in touch via email, Twitter, etc.
That's the real beauty of the mastermind group process. It works whenever, wherever, and however you do!
by: Wayne Messick
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