Hi Gordon,
I agree with you... Two or three in a Mastermind works best...
I have been part of a Mastermind which was five of us working together in a business. I put the group together, but we were all peers...
It was a combination of a finance business - the money transfer industry - plus software which we developed ourselves. I brought the money transfer people, and the software people together, and placed myself in the group too... In a way where they couldn't remove me easily. (Since if people can bypass you - so they get more money themselves - they will!) That's where the "toll position" concept came in handy...!
The group itself worked well - but the business, unfortunately, failed (due to external circumstances beyond our control)...
I don't plan to do that again, though! (If I do, please call Bellevue...) It was a lot of work, and in this case, it didn't work out in the end... I think nowadays, I prefer to keep it simple...
Best wishes,
Dien
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Originally Posted by GordonJ
Thanks Dien,
We all have people in our lives whom we steer certain convos away from...be they political, religious or Entrepreneurial...or as the old saw goes:
"A man convinced against his will
is of the same opinion still."
As for Mastermind groups, over the years I have come more and more to take the side of Jim Straw, who taught only TWO people can create the third "mind", but I've seen and been in groups of 3 or four. More than four, and I think the energy of the group is dissipated. Strictly anecdotal, as these things must be, but I've found that several smaller Masterminds of just two or 3 people work better than larger groups.
Ideally, just two. Just getting 3 people together these days, even on skype or whatevs, is hard enough. And they should be of a free and open nature, so one person should not assume a leader or guru, or mentor status...but as you say PEERS seeking perspective.
Some of my best Mastermind groups have had only 3 in them; me, myself and I...HA!
OH, those were the groups that had the most disagreement, most arguments and least success too!!!!!!!
Gordon
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