One of the keys to the phenomenal growth in both my businesses and my life over the past 18 months has been being part of a mastermind group, with a paid leader and a limited number of like-minded peers. So why would I invest a significant portion of my education budget on a mentoring experience like this – not once but twice?

1. Individualized Focus on MY Business Needs and Goals

I am an avid learner – always have been. But you can only go so far learning from someone, whether it is through books, teleclasses, or their live events. To really apply what they teach, you need to have the leader’s personal eye on your business, get their input on your ideas (and how to improve them or avoid mistakes) and to support you through the ups and downs of creating something big. Just one piece of advice or insight has saved me thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours I would have spent going down the “wrong” road.

2. Connection with Like-Minded, Big-Thinking Peers

When I go to the first live meeting of the mastermind, I know there will be other people there, and I know that I will have stretched to be there. But to share our goals and dreams with our peers – who have also stretched to be there – and have them accept and applaud you, that’s magical. And we also end up doing business with each other, partnering, and being friends for long past the length of the mastermind itself.

3. To Expand My Already-Big Vision Even More

Another benefit of the Mastermind is that my partners and the leader add more dimensions and resources to the vision that I could not see, making the ultimate result even better! We are each only as perceptive as our experiences allow us to be – and inevitably there is more to be achieved, an easier way to do it, or another way to leverage that the Mastermind experience can provide.

4. For Perspective and Insights to Remove Roadblocks and Self-Sabotaging Beliefs

Whether I think I am “stuck” or not, we all have areas in which we unconsciously limit our success. They may stem from childhood, or they may just be incomplete knowledge about something. But being in front of a group of colleagues and a mentor coach is one place you can’t hide your “stuff”! It can be identified, processed and transformed in the blink of an eye in this focused setting. This too has shaved years off my business growth – not to mention made me a happier person!

I highly recommend that you invest in a mastermind experience if you have not done so to date. My mastermind groups are filled ONLY through our intensives and live events – so to be among the first to be invited to participate in the first 2010 mentoring group, join Purposeful Branding Secrets June 3-5 www.purposefulbrandingsecrets.com and we’ll get you more information during the event!

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