We have a regular meet up every 2 weeks within the group that we called Guerrilla Business Network where a group of like minded individuals entrepreneurs get together to brainstorm and assist on helping one another business to get better.
We had a meet up on 6th January and this was the first time we had something like a book club where we were supposed to read a chapter of a book and get together to discuss what had the most impact from the chapter we had read.
The book we covered was Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, a classic that has sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and benefited numerous people like one of the Internet marketing gurus, Alex Mandossian, who claimed that he has read the book for more than 15 times.
Coincidentally, the chapter we were discussing yesterday was the Power Of The Mastermind because we felt that since we are going to form a mastermind group, would be great if we can start with this chapter.
The part that I had the deepest connection and shared on that day was from this paragraph:
“The positive emotions of thought form the side of the stream which carries one to fortune. The negative emotions form the side which carries one down to poverty.”
Why was this paragraph stood out among the rest?
It was because I was totally distracted and very negative about what is going to happen for the rest of the years during the month of December 2008, where we were constantly bombarded with negative news about the world economy and it doesn’t help when friends commented of the job security.
As you know, I am currently still holding a full time job and needless to say, I am concerned too and with all the negativity that was surrounding me, I too became negative.
Thankfully, I was able to wake up from my negative thoughts and starting taking different action that would propel me to the positive attitude I always had.
In an event of synchronicity, this chapter of the Power of the Mastermind from Think and Grow Rich shows up at the most appropriate time and I am real glad to be part of this mastermind group and more importantly, I am really starting to believe that there are no coincidences.
So, do you have a mastermind group? If not, are you looking for one? If you are interested in joining our networking group, drop me an email and I will get in touch with you.
