Mastermind Groups for Graduates

Guest Contributor: Doug Emerson
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Graduation month, June, has just ended and many fine words of advice have been offered to the graduates of high schools and colleges.

The grads heard about the challenges they would face as they built their careers and shaped their personal lives. They were encouraged to move forward with setting goals and taking advantage of opportunities.

I wonder how often the commencement speakers, parents and friends advised the grads that while courageous independence is an important part of success, another contributor to success is giving and receiving help from others? Yes, I mean the benefits of a mastermind group.

High school grads who go on to college will do far better academically if they become members of study groups to help them through the harder courses. And isn't a study group, (like minded individuals helping each other with a common goal like passing organic chemistry) another form of mastermind group?

College grads looking for the fast track for career advancement in the corporate world will benefit from the encouragement and support of an unbiased mastermind group dedicated to career promotions and advancement for its members. The adjustment from college life to career life is filled with decisions about not only careers, but also auto financing, apartments, furniture, clothing, relationships and always life balance. Many of these decisions will be easier with some additional input from others who are going through the same learning process.

If you are in a position to offer some simple advice to a grad, let others do the speech about goal setting, discipline and drive. Don't be shy about recommending the value of the idea of making life easier with a little help from your friends in a mastermind group.