Resource City Connections

The beauty of being naked is not about being nude. The beauty of being naked is about shedding our facades, our internal walls, and our prejudices… all those little things we have fabricated to hide behind. The beauty of being naked is being vulnerable and yet, realizing how beautiful we are.

To get the most out of being in a Mastermind group one should approach participating as if they are naked. Understand that your fellow Mastermind group members are no more perfect or more imperfect than you. Approach each meeting by shedding self-limiters that hold back offering a solution or asking for help in finding a solution. Acknowledge a blemish when someone in the Mastermind group points out there is one in a spot that cannot be seen. Find a way to help a fellow Mastermind group member understand they have a blemish where they cannot see it while remembering the old adage, “People who live in glass house shouldn’t throw stones.”

Will Rogers once said, “Everyone is smart, just on different subjects.” Shedding self-limiting thoughts allows the beauty of being naked to shine. You will find yourself offering profound solutions from the subjects where you are smart.

Are you manifesting what you REALLY want to show up in your life? 

If you are like me, the answer is both YES and NO!  Yes, I manifest daily, and I work on being in gratitude on the synchronicity in manifesting or, as I call it “God at work”.  But no, I am not always manifesting what I REALLY want, nor that I AM manifesting, because I am operating much of the time on what I call “warp” speed… doing, going, getting things done.  Not being.  Just doing.  And then, doing some more.

In May of this year, Resource City Connections had “Master Manifestor” Jane Ubell Meyer do a two part tele-workshop on manifesting.  It was a great success-the attendees have sent us their stories of manifesting CONSCIOUSLY and what fun it has been to read them! 

This teleseminar helped me realize there has been at times a disconnect on my manifesting.  It was the piece that Jane calls “non negotiable” and Jane focused on that in her call.  It is so much easier to see you achieving and receiving “smaller” items, but the big ones we might not believe that we can have, that we deserve, (just fill in whatever gets in your way of manifesting), but, it literally can stop the energy flow. 

Last week I had a huge “AHA!”moment.  One I felt was new to me.. that I too, am a Master Manifestor.  First off, I need to clarify.  We are ALL manifestors.  ALWAYS, all of us are manifesting, BUT, I would describe a “Master Manifestor” as creating by choice and desire what they REALLY want to manifest.

So, I realized that I am a Master Manifestor, however, my energy has been in great part, expended in to helping others manifest, which I love and I will continue to do, AND, I am ready to grow in to even bigger manifestations for myself. 

Back in 2001 I read a book that I fell in love with, recommended to a ton of people, kept my copy, but, did not re-read until last week… You might want to get your pen out and write this book down… “Write it Down-Make it Happen” by Henrietta Anne Klauser. 

There is much I love about the book, but one thing that just raises my receiving frequency are her stories that she has gathered of manifestation.  Wow.  

BELIEVING we can create is something I totally do know, but, I also know my energy field can waver, wonder, and deny that it will happen.  Re-reading her book brought me in to the world I love of JOY.  JOY that our universe truly allows us to manifest. 

In just the start of re-reading the book I immediately manifested accommodations for a trip that seemed slightly out of reach.  I have once again started recommending her book and was on the phone with a client while she literally went right to Amazon to place her order.  I am confident this book will help her on her journey. 

So, want to increase your manifesting of what you REALLY want to show up in your life?  “There is a difference between wishing for a thing and being ready to receive it.” Said Napoleon Hill and he elaborated…

“No one is ready for a thing until he believes he can acquire it.  The state of mind must be belief, not mere hope or wish.” 

So start to believe that what you want is truly “non-negotiable”  You already HAVE it… and join our club of Master Manifestors! 

ACTION TIPS TO CONSIDER: 

1.  Buy the book “Write it Down-Make it Happen” by Henriette Anne Klauser

2.  Sign up for the Resource City Connections newsletter to learn about future workshops on MasterMind Activation at www.ResourceCityConnections.com .

3.  Start your list or journal TODAY of what you REALLY want to show up in your life!

4.  Be ready to RECEIVE all that you desire!

Positively,

Karen S. Hoffman-The “Queen of Possibilities”

www.theideacoach.com

I know that one benefit I see among MasterMind groups is that if you want to go for something, the group does expect you to take action.  And action-movement TOWARD your goals is needed to manifest what you want.  As human beings we might procrastinate, and we often do, but a MasterMind group will ask… “Where are you on this goal?”  “What have you done?”  They want your success, and are a bridge from here to there.

It is interesting that we cannot always see when we are not taking the steps.  We think we are. We are “getting ready, to get ready to get ready”.  Your Master Mind group will see that and ask for ACTION.

By the way, I have heard that Joe Vitale has a book out on Master Mind groups and, I need to take ACTION and buy his book!

“Meet and Grow Rich:  How to Easily Create and Operate Your Own “Mastermind” Group for Health, Wealth and More” by Joe Vitale

Learn more about the book here.

As an entrepreneur myself, it has taken me many years to really understand the “law of attraction” and how important the MasterMind is in furthering the Law of Attraction.  In a sense I might see how they worked, but to totally “get” it, took me years, and, I am still a student of understanding the law of attraction, and MasterMind principles.  I am still a learner.   I DO know that use of the MasterMind helps further the energy around the Law of Attraction.

I believe that most entrepreneurs start a business because they want to create and “attract” a lifestyle, or “attract” a type of business, or further and “attract” a philosophy that in working for someone else, they had not been able to manifest.  As we show the world the vision we see of our business, we are saying to the world, “Here is what I am creating to serve you.”  When you SHARE that vision with others that want to see you succeed, your “MasterMind” group, attraction accelerates.

Like many others, I find that is has been exciting to see the response of mainstream America (and the world) to the business model of “The Secret“.

I see the business model for The Secret is that of using the MasterMind to create it.  Rhonda Byrne, a business owner from Australia choose to serve the world and share a collaborative picture (literally!)  to create The Secret, a movie about the Law of Attraction.

She also incorporated a “MasterMind” by sharing her dreams and visions with others that collaborated resources, connections and energy for manifesting her dream.

Rhonda enlisted the time, energy and expertise of positive thought leaders, authors and speakers to collaborate with her in sharing the Law of Attraction.    Scores of entrepreneurs supported this project… check out the teacher link to The Secret and revierw this impressive list… my point is how Rhonda manifested the major names like Jack Canfield, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series as well as an inspirational author and speaker; as well as other authors and speakers like John Gray, Neale Donald Walsh, Dennis Waitley, Joe  Vitale, Lisa Nichols and others.

So, what if YOU created a MasterMind to help your dreams come true?

You may not have authors and speakers in your MasterMind, but you will have the “energy” to further your Law of Attraction!

My advice after many years of participating in and facilitating peer advisory groups and MasterMind is to go for it!  It is so much more FUN to have a collaborative MasterMind that helps you and that you in turn help!

Zig Ziglar has a quote I love that fits well with the MasterMind concept: “You can have everything in life that you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want.”

To my mind, the biggest secret about Master Mind groups are how incredibly powerful they are AND the personal power that can be created by each Master Mind member.

To “create” , “dream” and “actualize” is much more powerful and efficient when we use the power of a bigger mind then our individual mind.  Even though I have been inviolved in Master Mind groups since 1987 (twenty years!  It is hard to believe!) I STILL get a rush as I watch, hear and FEEL the energy of support, of solutions of power.  When I see hopeless become hopeful.  When I see obstacles melt to make way for opportunties, when I see the dreams spin even bigger as the group shares their contacts, resour4ces and most importantly, their support.

Any one can work hard to make their dreams come true, but, in the Master Mind there is an ease, a trust and the support of the group that reduces stress, opens up the possibilities of the mind to CREATE solutions.

As I stated in a previous blog, the concept of the “MasterMind” is not new.   The Master Mind creates possibilities by sharing group knowledge, intellect and support.

Do you want to increase your joy?  Increase your support of your dreams?  Then explore becoming part of a Master Mind group and leverage opportunities to reach your dreams!

Positively,

Karen Hoffman-The IDEA Coach

Looking for a way to leap frog your business success?  Then explore the power of Master Mind groups.

The concept of the “MasterMind” is not new.

Napolean Hill appears to be the first author to discuss the Master Mind concept in the timeless and best selling book “Think and Grow Rich”.  In his book he shares the power and possibilities that are unleashed when people can come together, with a positive mind set to create new opportunities, a new way of being and living.  In possibilities.  In abundance.

Through the years many others have found that the Master Mind concept is life changing.  Mark Victor Hanson talks about it in his book “The One Minute Millionaire”.  There are companies that have created MasterMind groups and call them “peer advisories”, but, to me, different name-same concept.

Creating possibilities by sharing group knowledge, intellect and support.

Technology has created a new realm of Master Mind groups… they can also be facilitated via conference calls.  The purpose is the same… sharing a desire, a goal and being supported by the group.

 In 1987 I joined my first MasterMind group.  I had a barter company I wanted to grow and the other participants were a photographer and a massage therapist.  We brainstormed primarily around marketing our respective businesses.  Shortly after that I became part of TAB-The Alternative Board considered a peer advisory, but has many similarities to the Master Mind concept.  This group was much larger.  Maybe 12 of us.  All types of businesses.  An importer, a franchise, a manufacturer, etc.  The knowledge at that conference table was incredible.  I stopped the program when I sold one of my companies, but in 2001 I started a Master Mind group (we call ourselves “The Mighty Manifestors”) and we we meet twice a month.

In 2002 after facilitating a workshop called “Get Clients Now!” (I’m licensed to present the material from the “Get Clients Now!” book by C.J. Hayden)   and after completeing our 4 week program, the group asked if they could stay together.  That created the space for me to offer a program I call “Your Collaborative Board”.  I have two groups that meet once a month for the positivity, the brainstorming, the support and the accountability.

My partners in Resource City Connections have all experienced Master Mind groups and have felt the power & energy and we decided to tap technology to create a Resource City Master Mind group.

Why do MasterMind groups work?

One area that they impact us is in our creatvity.  Alone, we have only so many ideas, so many directions to go. But, add 2 or more, and the creativity explodes.  Another area is emotionally.  Many entrepreneurs feel that the business rests on their shoulders, and, to be sure, it does.  However, the sharing of the challenges and the celebrations of success help to lighten the load and double the joy.  Accountability.  Having a supportive group that holds you accountabile, that sees where you may be holding yourself back is priceless.

There are more reasons that I will address the next blog I send out, but, in the meantime, instead of trying to be the Lone Ranger-remember that he had Tonto and Silver as well.

 Positively,

Karen Hoffman-The IDEA Coach