Mastermind Group #2: Electric Boogaloo
Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2022 4:35 pm
I've heard that there's interest in starting a second ERE-generalist mastermind group, and that people are waiting for someone to step up and start another one. Well, looks like that's me.
Goals:
The goal of this group will, at least at the start, be similar to the first one. We are going to get together to discuss our current projects and goals, and use the collective brainpower in the group to help solve them/guide them. These can be anything ERE related, and anything from the very specific ("I want to start a garden, and therefore need help growing carrots") to the more general ("I feel stuck in my ERE journey, what should I focus on? What could I improve on, given where I am?").
Who Should/Can Join:
You should join if you want other people's opinions and experiences with ERE to color your goals, are open to taking good natured criticism, and have a desire to help with the goals of others in the group. I want anyone on any stage of their ERE journey to be able to join the group, but I need everyone in it to contribute. You need to take some initiative and ask questions to other's when it's there turn, not just get help for yourself.
I'll accept 4-8 people for this group. I'll get things started when we can find four, give some time before we start so more can join if they want.
Details:
I plan to have us meet every other week, at a set time, for an hour. We will meet over a span of 12 weeks to start, so six meetings. If you join the group, have the intention of joining as many sessions as possible, unless something comes up. One advantage of mastermind groups is the social cohesion, and having the same members every time builds accountability.
The first meeting will have every participant give a 5-10 minute introduction on who they are, where they are in their ERE journey, and what they want to get out of the group. I will think of something more concrete when we have our members.
These will be video meetings, and I would like participants to use their cameras if they have them. I've found that in the online meetings I do every day for work, having cameras improves communication and rapport. This is not a hard requirement, but understand that it will potentially impede your communication with the group if we can't communicate face-to-face. I do not care what program we use to do this, options that come to mind for me are skype, discord, zoom, google hangouts.
We will also have an out-of-meeting communication method, likely using Signal. This will be a text chat with little rules other than being polite. AxelHeyst (the leader of group #1), has said that this can prevent the mastermind group from just becoming a social group and fizzling out. We can get our socializing done here, and have the meetings be more focused on the task at hand.
What to do if you have decided to join:
- make a post on this topic indicating you want to join. Give a very brief overview of yourself, Age/Location + one sentence would do. Feel free to add any information you want. Please link your journal if you have one.
- If you change your mind about joining the group before we start, say so in this topic. That way people can see how many are in the group.
- I would recommend you be familiar with some of the 'greatest hits' of the forum, just so members can be more comfortable referencing them. This is a good place to check out: viewtopic.php?t=12285. You're not going to be quizzed on anything, nor expected to know anything in particular, but it may be helpful so that if someone starts talking about their "Wheaton Level" or their "Web of Goals" you are not confused.
- you should also check out the notes from the first group, here: viewtopic.php?t=11872
Goals:
The goal of this group will, at least at the start, be similar to the first one. We are going to get together to discuss our current projects and goals, and use the collective brainpower in the group to help solve them/guide them. These can be anything ERE related, and anything from the very specific ("I want to start a garden, and therefore need help growing carrots") to the more general ("I feel stuck in my ERE journey, what should I focus on? What could I improve on, given where I am?").
Who Should/Can Join:
You should join if you want other people's opinions and experiences with ERE to color your goals, are open to taking good natured criticism, and have a desire to help with the goals of others in the group. I want anyone on any stage of their ERE journey to be able to join the group, but I need everyone in it to contribute. You need to take some initiative and ask questions to other's when it's there turn, not just get help for yourself.
I'll accept 4-8 people for this group. I'll get things started when we can find four, give some time before we start so more can join if they want.
Details:
I plan to have us meet every other week, at a set time, for an hour. We will meet over a span of 12 weeks to start, so six meetings. If you join the group, have the intention of joining as many sessions as possible, unless something comes up. One advantage of mastermind groups is the social cohesion, and having the same members every time builds accountability.
The first meeting will have every participant give a 5-10 minute introduction on who they are, where they are in their ERE journey, and what they want to get out of the group. I will think of something more concrete when we have our members.
These will be video meetings, and I would like participants to use their cameras if they have them. I've found that in the online meetings I do every day for work, having cameras improves communication and rapport. This is not a hard requirement, but understand that it will potentially impede your communication with the group if we can't communicate face-to-face. I do not care what program we use to do this, options that come to mind for me are skype, discord, zoom, google hangouts.
We will also have an out-of-meeting communication method, likely using Signal. This will be a text chat with little rules other than being polite. AxelHeyst (the leader of group #1), has said that this can prevent the mastermind group from just becoming a social group and fizzling out. We can get our socializing done here, and have the meetings be more focused on the task at hand.
What to do if you have decided to join:
- make a post on this topic indicating you want to join. Give a very brief overview of yourself, Age/Location + one sentence would do. Feel free to add any information you want. Please link your journal if you have one.
- If you change your mind about joining the group before we start, say so in this topic. That way people can see how many are in the group.
- I would recommend you be familiar with some of the 'greatest hits' of the forum, just so members can be more comfortable referencing them. This is a good place to check out: viewtopic.php?t=12285. You're not going to be quizzed on anything, nor expected to know anything in particular, but it may be helpful so that if someone starts talking about their "Wheaton Level" or their "Web of Goals" you are not confused.
- you should also check out the notes from the first group, here: viewtopic.php?t=11872