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Create Your Own Mastermind Alliance Group, Larry LFada

Mastermind Alliance
The idea of a Mastermind Alliance Group is to tap the incredible synergy that is achieved when you put 10 to 12 minds working together on a common objective. 12 is usually considered the maximum size of the group, for purposes of keeping the proceedings manageable.
The Mastermind Alliance is designed as a coming together of a group to primarily help each member within the group in mutual benefit. This is as opposed to a political body like a PTA or a corporate body like a Board of Directors, who work primarily for the good of an organization.
One of the intended notions in the creation of a Mastermind Alliance was for the members to be from widely different backgrounds, to offer a rich and varied perspective of solutions choices that would not be available if everyone was from the same industry or background.

Ground Rules

Mastermind Alliances usually operate under somewhat loosely formal ground rules agreed upon in advance, the guidelines depending on the nature of the group. The simpler the better. The rules that govern the Mastermind Alliance is what makes it so focused and therefore effective. Traditionally, they were designed to meet on a regular basis, in person, but they don't always have to. Whatever meets the needs of the members can work.

The term Mastermind Alliance was originally made famous by Napoleon Hill in his widely read classic "Think and Grow Rich." Some even say Hill modeled the idea after La Cosa Nostra, which was flourishing at the time, but the idea probably originated with six or 7 prehistoric cave dwellers working out how to take down a Woolly Mammoth to survive the winter.
A basic framework for starting a Mastermind Alliance group would include several of the following parameters.

Meet regularly, usually monthly, to help each member in the group with their objective.
The group as a whole works on each individual members problem, or to optimize a situation or circumstance. One member may have an opportunity he'd like to take an advantage of, another is trying to grow his business, etc

There are guidelines and protocols within which the group must operate, they are worked out either in advance or on the fly. Protocol would include how each step of the process of bringing an agenda item up is handled. For example how an idea or problem is submitted for discussion, what length is Q&A session, how and what action is to be taken, and even whether solutions are offered immediately or held until next meeting, etc. It is up to the group to fashion and shape what works best.

Uses of a Mastermind Alliance group

The Mastermind Alliance can come together for various reasons and length of time, to meet as an investment club, to work on a group project, to solve an emergency a member may have, to work on a new enterprise together, or meet regularly as more of a social club. The original design was for business people to work together for business purposes, but you can use it for any creative, civic, or cultural purpose you want.

So that is the basic starting point for starting your own Mastermind Alliance. Pretty easy, huh? Some great enterprises were said to have been started or brought to life in these groups.
Why not start one of your own?

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