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The $0 Shortcut That Took Me 26 Years to Learn... And You Can Start With One Phone Call Today
I am going to give you something today that cost me 26 years to figure out. ....and here is the crazy part. It is free. It takes about ten minutes to set up. And the only thing standing between you and the best decision-making tool you have ever had in your business... is one phone call. I am talking about a Mastermind group, built by YOU: Not a paid program. Not somebody's membership site. Not five strangers in a Zoom room who all paid the same fee and barely show up by week three. I mean YOUR group. Built by you..... Around people you already respect. Here is what most people do wrong: They go looking for a group to join. They think somebody else has already done the work, so they just show up and plug in. And then they wonder why it never quite clicks. Why the conversations stay surface level. Why people drift. You cannot manufacture trust. You can only grow it. And trust only grows in a room you helped build. So here is what you do instead. Right now. Today. Grab a piece of paper. Draw a circle with eight lines coming out of it like a wheel. You are the hub. The eight lines are seats. Now write down one name. Not a friend. Not a family member. Someone you genuinely admire for what they have built or how they think. Someone who, if you called them right now, would make you sit up a little straighter just knowing they picked up. That is your first name. That is your first seat. That is also your mastermind. You do not need all eight seats filled to start....as a matter of fact... you want max 6 people, INCLUDING yourself. You do not need a curriculum, a facilitator, a guide, or a group Slack channel. You do not need anything except that first person and a willingness to show up. One call. One coffee. One conversation that starts with: "Hey, I have been thinking about getting together with a small group of sharp people every month. Just to push each other. No agenda, no pitch. Would you be open to that?" That is it..... I have been running masterminds for 26 years.
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I've Run Masterminds for 26 Years. Almost Everyone Gets the First Step Dead Wrong.
Most people, when they decide they want a mastermind group, go looking for a group. That is the mistake right there. They join a paid program, they sign up for someone's membership, they get put in a room with five strangers who all paid the same fee, and then they wonder why the conversations feel shallow. Why people disappear after week three. Why it never quite builds into something they actually count on. The reason is simple. You cannot manufacture trust. You can only grow it. Here is how I have always done it, and after 26 years, I have never found a better way. You start with one person!!! PERIOD!!!!! Not a group. ....One person. Someone you met at a seminar, an event, maybe through someone you both respect. Not your best friend from college. Not your cousin. Someone you saw show up in a room and thought, that person thinks differently than most people in here. Someone who earned your respect before you ever had a real conversation with them. You reach out. You say something like, "I want to start a small weekly group, just the two of us to begin. We meet every week, we hold each other accountable, and then we each find one more person to bring in. You in?" Four weeks together, just the two of you. No agenda, no fancy format. You learn how each other thinks. You build the kind of honesty that only comes when there is no audience and no performance. Then, together, you each bring in one more person. Now you are four. And something changes at four. There is enough perspective in the room that you get ideas you genuinely never would have found alone. There is enough accountability that showing up actually means something. You run it for a few months. You decide if you want to grow to five or six. No more than six. Everrrrr!!!!! The size matters because intimacy is the whole point. In a room of fifteen, you present. In a room of five, you actually think out loud. That is where the real work happens. And then there is the rhythm. Once a week. Same day, same time, no exceptions for the first ninety days.
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WELCOME...START HERE.
WELCOME! MasterMind BluePrint is a community where entrepreneurs get ongoing help from me and my team to scale their business with the leverage of having access to their own MasterMind Group. Step 1: Introduce yourself below with this copy and paste template: 1. Why are you here? 2. What is your Passion? 3. What do you do day to day? 4. MOST IMPORTANT: Finally, to "QUALIFY" to Be In One Of Our MasterMinds, fill out this form so you can OFFICIALLY be enrolled here: https://forms.gle/tQXXFiUmLivPkVy47 PS. IF you want to SCHEDULE a call ...do this by following this link: https://tidycal.com/alfmarcussen/catch-up-with-alf
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What one thing could you do Right Now to.........
....to make progress on starting your Mastermind! .... I'll tell you. Make a circle and you are in the middle of the circle. Then draw eight legs out. Number them 1 through 8. Start with the first name that comes to your mind that is Not a personal friend and is Not a family member, but somebody that you admire for his business acumen. Assuming that you are going to build a Mastermind for business acumen. ...fill out the other 7 names too. That's all it takes for you to get started. Call him Or her up, have a conversation. You probably already know what they're working on or what they're involved with, and think of some superlatives that you can give this person and why you admire them. Tell them that you are heading in such and such a direction and that you thought it would be fruitful, hopefully for them too, to meet on a regular basis and start connecting and sharing ideas and thoughts. Get input on your ideas, steps, and progress next. And if you wanted to be an accountability partner, you can do that too, or it can be both, easily. That's how you want to get started. That's the one thing you can do right now to help you move forward. The first step is never as big as you think it is. But it is everything. Every mastermind I have ever seen succeed started with exactly this.... one name, one conversation, ...one decision to stop waiting and start building. Not a plan. Not a strategy. Not a perfect group of six. One person. That is the whole move. You already know who that person is. You thought of them while you were reading this. That's not a coincidence. So before you close this post.... ....before you tell yourself you'll do it "when the time is right".... ....write their name down. That one small act makes it real. And real is where things start to happen. And now I want to hear from YOU....! Drop a comment below and tell me: What is the ONE thing that has been holding you back from taking that first step? Or even better.... ...did this give you the push you needed?
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The Secret Society Nobody Told You About (And Why You Need to Join One)
There's a reason some people seem to always be a few steps ahead. They launch faster. They recover quicker. They make better decisions .... not because they're smarter than you, and not because they got lucky. It's because they have access to something most people don't even know exists. It's called a Mastermind group. And it's been hiding in plain sight for nearly a hundred years. Napoleon Hill first documented it in Think and Grow Rich after studying the wealthiest, most successful people of his era. What he discovered wasn't a secret investment strategy or a productivity hack. It was this: ....every extraordinary achiever had a small, tight circle of trusted peers they met with regularly ....people who challenged their thinking, .....held them accountable, and pushed them forward without an agenda. Not a coach. Not a mentor. Not a networking group. A peer alliance. A small circle of people who genuinely want each other to win. Why most people never build one: The idea sounds simple until you try to do it. Most people think too big too fast. They imagine recruiting six perfect strangers, designing an elaborate agenda, and launching a polished operation. ....So they wait until conditions are "right"..... and never, everrr start. Here's the truth: you don't build a Mastermind. ....you grow one. Three steps to your first group: Step one: Find one person who isn't in your family or your existing friend circle. This is crucial. You want someone you've observed in a professional or community setting ....someone whose thinking impressed you before you ever had a deep conversation. Maybe you noticed them in an online forum, at a workshop, or through a mutual connection. Someone at a similar stage in life or business. Reach out with a simple message: "I'd like to start a weekly accountability partnership ....just the two of us for a month, no agenda, just honest conversation and mutual accountability. Are you in?" Step two: Meet weekly for four weeks .....just the two of you. Same day, same time. Keep it simple. Each person shares one win, one challenge, and one commitment for the coming week.
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