You Don't Need a Plan. You Just Need One Person.
... let me repeat that: "You Don't Need a Plan. You Just Need One Person." Most people who dream of building a mastermind group never start — because they're waiting until they have it all figured out. The perfect format. The perfect six people. The perfect launch plan. Here's the truth after 26 years of running these groups: you don't start with six people. You start with one conversation. The smallest possible step Find one person. Not your best friend from college. Not your sibling. ....someone you've crossed paths with in a business context — someone you met at a seminar, saw contribute brilliantly in an online community, or kept running into through mutual connections. .....someone whose thinking you respect. ....someone who's at a similar stage to where you are right now. Reach out and say something like: "I've been thinking about starting a small weekly group — just two of us to begin with, to share challenges and hold each other accountable. Want to try it for four weeks?" That's it. That's the whole plan. Why two before six...? Most people try to assemble a full group before they begin. That's how you end up with strangers sitting on a Zoom call wondering why they're there. When you start with two, something different happens. You talk honestly. You get to know each other's actual business — the real numbers, the real struggles, not the polished version. You figure out what a great session actually feels like. You build a foundation before you build a group. After four weeks, each of you finds one more person — together. ....You're not recruiting, you're co-curating. You both vouch for the next person. That's how chemistry gets built in, not hoped for. Four becomes five. Five becomes six. The whole group is 90 minutes a week. What makes it work — and keep working? The format is deliberately simple: meet once a week, same day, same time, every week. Not twice a month. Not when it's convenient. Weekly because momentum is fragile, and consistency is what builds trust.