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Masterminding occurs when two or more individuals get together in the spirit of cooperative harmony to accomplish some goal, activity or result.  Almost all of the great accomplishments and miraculous achievements of history were brought about through the power of this principle. Inspire Me Today™ is proud to offer a few select individuals space in our of our MasterMind Advisory Councils.

Benjamin Franklin is credited with the first MasterMind group, which he called the Junto (Latin for meeting). He organized a group of friends, initially composed of twelve members, to provide a structured forum for discussion. The members of the Junto were drawn from diverse occupations and backgrounds, but they all shared a spirit of inquiry and a desire to improve themselves, their community, and to help others. Among the original members were printers, surveyors, a cabinetmaker, a cobbler, a clerk, and a merchant.

One was Charles Wrigley, who created the Wrigley’s Chewing Gum empire. Another was William Hertz, who built the Yellow Cab Company. Their businesses were started and succeeded with the great help of their Mastermind Alliance.

In 1908 a guy named Napoleon Hill was commissioned by Andrew Carnegie (then the richest man in the world) to interview the 504 most successful people of his day. The objective was to find what success has in common.

Nearly 30 years later, in 1937, Dr. Napoleon Hill published his timeless classic, "Think & Grow Rich." In his personal interviews and observations of the most successful people of his day, he stated, "Analyze the record of any man who has accumulated a great fortune, and many of those who have accumulated modest fortunes, and you will find that they have either consciously or unconsciously employed the 'Master Mind' Principle."

"No individual may have great power without availing himself of the Master Mind. This form of cooperative alliance has been the basis of nearly every great fortune. Your understanding of this truth may definitely determine your financial status."

Dr. Hill described this Mastermind Principle as the "Coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, for the attainment of a definite purpose."

Hill shares how he learned about MasterMinding from Andrew Carnegie, the richest self-made man on earth in his time. Carnegie told Hill that his wealth and success was due entirely to the MasterMind Process. The MasterMind Principle states: "When two or more people coordinate in a spirit of harmony and work toward a definite objective or purpose, they place themselves in position, through the alliance, to absorb power directly from the great storehouse of the creative mechanism of each contributing mind."

Napoleon Hill even went so far as to say there was a mystical quality created when a mastermind group was formed. He said: “No two minds ever come together without, thereby, creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind.” In other words, your ability to create things in the world is increased by having that invisible “third mind” of the mastermind group.

MasterMinding is based on the ancient premise that the combined energies of two or more like-minded persons is many, many times greater than the sum of the individual energies involved. It definitely involves the recognition of a power greater than ourselves, the third invisible mind - the power of the MasterMind. Thousands of people have demonstrated dramatic, positive changes in their lives, and have experienced happy, successful living as a result of putting these principles into practice.

It is a well-known fact that a group of electric batteries will provide more energy than a single battery. Also, an individual battery will provide energy in proportion to the number and capacity of the cells it contains.

The brain functions in a similar fashion. This accounts for the fact that some brains are more efficient than others, and leads to this significant statement--a group of brains coordinated (or connected) in a spirit of harmony, will provide more thought-energy than a single brain, just as a group of electric batteries will provide more energy than a single battery.

All of the Greatest Self-made Millionaires and Billionaires throughout history have employed the Mastermind Principle, including: James Watt & Matthew Boulton (who started the Industrial Revolution), Andrew Carnegie & JP Morgan, John Rockefeller, Thomas Edison & Henry Ford & Harvey Firestone, The Wright Brothers, William Wrigley Jr., Bill Gates & Paul Allen, Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen.

For this reason, Inspire Me Today™ offers MasterMind groups as a tool dedicated to your success. We believe it is critical to surround yourself with like-minded people who support you in every way. By teaming up with like-minded people your success is accelerated exponentially.

Our groups, like Franklin’s, are limited to 12 participants per group. They are comprised of individuals that are entrepreneurial in nature, possess a positive attitude, have a willingness to share experiences and help others, are already successful but still seeking improvement, are highly motivated, are eager to substantially improve income and who value the creative process.

Our current groups connect both men and women from various geographical regions and a variety of backgrounds. Some of the backgrounds of our professionals include movie production, internet businesses, financial planning, sales and marketing, public relations, manufacturing, advertising, venture capital, real estate, publishing, songwriting, acting, teaching and other entrepreneurial ventures. Our average group of 12 participants typically has over 350 combined years of business expertise! Imagine if you’d had  350 years of business wisdom at your fingertips in the last year… what “learning experiences” could you have avoided … what opportunities could you have capitalized on in a bigger way?

All participants share a common goal to not only excel in their own field and help one another, but to make a substantial contribution to improving the world. Our joint philanthropic efforts are expanded exponentially because of the synergy of the group.

We meet physically for four consecutive days three times each year and connect on a telephone conference call bi-weekly. Our connection and commitment to one another is strong.