Last week I got on a call with one of my mastermind members, because at our last meeting we decided that the two of us had to collaborate on something. 

 

We spent about half the call on that collaboration, and quite unexpectedly spent the other half discussing one of my major business weaknesses.

 

(If you were at my unconference, you may even have met this fellow.)

 

He started off that portion of the call by saying: Tom, I need you to bear in mind how much I respect you and the work you do, and nothing I'm about to say is intended to take one iota away from that. 

 

But, he said, if I did X thing as poorly as you just did, I would absolutely go back to the drawing board and figure out what I had done wrong. 

 

Had I never met this guy, I would never have known exactly what I was doing wrong or indeed that I was doing anything wrong in the first place. I would have had no idea how much dough I was leaving on the table by being so ineffective at X thing.

 

So I'm going to bring him on as a consultant and next year I fully expect to at least 5X or 10X my results in that area.

 

How did he know I was so bad at this particular thing, which nobody else realized? Because he does this particular thing for a living. 

 

In other words, I just met the exact person my particular situation needed, and I will generate tangible results from this connection. 

 

This is what I am offering you. 

 

Some people are just natural geniuses and everything they touch turns to gold. 

 

For most people, who don't spontaneously think up six-figure ideas for themselves, it is obviously beneficial to be surrounded by bright and ambitious peers. I doubt anyone would deny that. 

 

The tricky part is finding those bright and ambitious peers.

 

Well, you leave that part to me.

 

My Junior Mastermind program, which I've been talking about since last week, can do that for you, and if you join by Wednesday, as an early-bird gift you'll have access to a bonus session that nobody else in your cohort will have.

 

The better part of your nature is telling you: I'd better click this link.

 

That's good advice:

 

 

Tom Woods