Greetings, prosperous friends! We have almost finished with our experiment. Tomorrow will be the final day of our game, and so I think it fitting to schedule a Final Exam. On the exam, I will ask you to talk about how your relationship with money has changed over the past month. I will also ask you to write down your goals, because I know that they are much clearer now than when we started.
But that is tomorrow. Today, I want to talk to you about the idea of a "Master Mind." I am reading Napoleon Hill right now, and according to him one of the most fundamental secrets to success is having a Master Mind. Here's how it works:
When two or more minds come harmoniously together, a new mind is formed combining the best that all of the individual minds have to offer. That new mind is called a Master Mind. One of the most powerful Master Minds that any of us will ever have is the one that is created out of our primary relationship with our spouse, assuming that our relationship is a harmonious one. Hill believes the Master Mind concept is the reason that happily married men are more successful than single men or unhappily married men. (Ladies, don't bristle: Hill was writing before World War I; the world was a much different place then.)
Hill is quick to suggest divorce if your marriage is not a harmonious one, because true power grows out of harmony. Here's why: Everything is vibration, and vibrations are waves. When one wave comes in contact with another harmonious wave, the two waves join together and become one even bigger wave. Their combined amplitude is bigger than what it was when they were single waves. If, however, a wave hits a disharmonious wave, the two cancel each other out. It's basic harmonics. In music, it is the difference between a beautiful harmony and dissonant noise.
Now, I'm not saying this to tell you to get married, or to get divorced for that matter. I'm merely stating a principle. I will, however, urge you to develop some harmonious relationships around the area of your life work. We have all expressed dreams here on the Prosperity Project. We've expressed dreams of spending money, but we've also spent some time imagining how we will earn that money. I would like to suggest that, even if your life work is solitary, as in the case of we writers, you develop a team that can be your Master Mind. No one who has been wildly successful has done so alone. Even Jesus had disciples.
If you are fortunate enough to have a harmonious primary relationship, that person should absolutely be a part of your Master Mind. If you are currently single or your primary relationship is disharmonious, please don't consider yourself at a disadvantage here. The world is filled with people, and ultimately you are in relationship with all of them. Go build a team. According to Hill, the most powerful Master Minds are built around six or seven people. Hill gives the example of Henry Ford, who is clearly the man that Hill admired most: Ford had no education, but he was smart enough to surround himself with people who knew everything that he needed to know to succeed in the car business. Remember, Ford invented cars, so he was working outside the box. Andrew Carnegie, who built a huge steel industry, knew nothing about steel manufacturing. He did, however, know how to bring a team together and to use their combined knowledge to create his (and their) fortune. Both men began their careers penniless, yet managed to amass incredible amounts of wealth by using the principle of the Master Mind.
Who will be on your team? It's OK not to know today. It is enough to have the intention to build a team. If you hold the intention to build your own Master Mind as you go through your day, then the Universe will be sure to send you the people that you need. Watch for them.
Now it's time to spend some money!
$27,000 Royalties continue to flow through Motherpearl Industries, from book and CD royalties, speaking engagements, and personal coaching sessions.
$ 3,000 Performing Arts Center Building Fund
$ 5,000 Wealth Building Account (Total $95,000)
$19,000 Vacation Home Fund (Total $116,500)
I feel pleased with this, and extremely contented with my life.
What will you do with your $27,000?
I like the concept of a Master Mind and have always worked in teams in my prior life as a human resources manager. In fact, I worked hard to promote the concept of teams and teamwork as part of my job. The past year, it has been an adjustment for me to work in a much more solitary fashion. But, as my book takes shape, I see the need to share it - the first few chapters and the concept, the plot - with a select group of people who I trust and feel would tell me the good and bad points of the work. A Master Mind.
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Wealth building account: $10,000
U of A scholarship fund: $5,000
Arkansas land purchase: $12,000