Mastermind Links for 2007-04-09

• So are you part of a MasterMind group? - I have been studying MasterMind groups for more than a decade now and have formed 2 that I participated in as a member and I have helped many executives form and recruit for MasterMind groups of their own.
  
  
• When Millionaires Talk, Are You Listening? - Be around others who are successful. Find a mentor. Start a mastermind group of people who want to achieve more in life and will challenge and hold each other accountable.
  
  
• 38 Ways to Speed Up Your Learning Curve, Even If You're Not Old Enough to Rent a Car - 17. Two words: MASTERMIND-GROUP. 18. Three words: MASTER-MIND-GROUP!!!
  
  
• The 10 Habits of Highly Successful Entrepreneurs - An entrepreneur requires the support of others for success. Napoleon Hill refers to this as the "Mastermind Group". I highlighted this characteristic in my recent article "Death of the One Person Startup".
  
  
• Have A Blast! @ Whizzo.ca - I have also included a presentation I created to promote joining my team. In the spirit of Napoleon Hill's Mastermind Group, I am looking for 4 entrepreneurs with a like-minded focus on profiting from the incredible growth in Wellness products.
  
  
• Read Your Way to Business Success - Joe Vitale is just plain amazing. He doesn't know it yet, but this guy's in my "Imaginary Mastermind Group." Learn how to master the most important skill for internet entrepreneur's - writing for persuasion. Get the book that started it all, or check out the original ebook version.
  
  
• MagicMasterMind.com Launches Free Online Mastermind Groups - MagicMasterMind.com is a social networking site where members can create or join an online mastermind group for free.
  

Who Do You Surround Yourself With?

Taye Adamo writes a blog called "WinnersGarden." The post she most recently put up dealt with The Importance of People In Your Journey To Success.

Your achievement or success this year 2007 would be determined by the kind of people you hang out with. What do they do? What do they belief in? What do they confess with their mouths? Are they negative or positive thinkers? Is their belief ingrained in impossibilities? Are they a bunch of mediocre? Are they inconsistently consistent in their thinking and actions? Who are their friends? What goals do they set for themselves? Do they belief in their own abilities? What are their philosophies of life? what do they wear? And so on.

Brian Tracy once said that: "you cannot scratch with turkey and fly with eagles"; you cannot relate with mediocre, uninspired and unfocused people and expect yourself to be different from them. It is either you associate with people that can lift you up or you go out with those that would drag you into mud.

This has important implications for your Mastermind Group. You can have the best system and structure in the world but if you don't have the right people in the group, it won't be a success. You need to surround yourself with people who empower you, compliment your areas of expertise and fill in the gaps you are missing, can help you step outside your comfort zone to accomplish the goals you set out, and can keep you accountable for actually doing what you say you are going to do.

Who are you surrounding yourself with?