Often when I set an intention, everything I need to
accomplish it seems to fall into place. The latest example
of this involves the formation of a new mastermind group,
using "Book Yourself Solid", by Michael Port, as the
foundation of the group study.
I've been a proponent of this book for the past couple
years. It is designed for service
professionals and helps you create a target market of your ideal
clients. I used it last year to create the
structure of my consulting services offered to solo and small
firm attorneys. This mastermind group based on the book is
helping me take my consulting services to the next level.
The structure is simple, but the results have been
powerful. While the group can be any size and made up of
any professionals, four seems to be the best number to accomplish
what you need to in a one hour setting. Our group is made up of
three attorneys and a coach who works with attorneys. We
have a weekly call with the group members and report on what value
we found in the chapter for the week, and the corresponding
exercises. We
also
brainstorm around any areas where we find ourselves
"stuck". It's not just the built in accountability
or the relevant exercises that have made the difference for
me. I'm already familiar with the material, and I am already
in another mastermind group focusing on a different topic, and have
other accountability partners in my life. It's the synergy
I feel with these participants, that makes this study
unique.
For some reason, I was drawn
to this group and these participants at this time. The three other participants are people I've
worked with or collaborated with in some way before and I have
natural synergy with them. To use some terminology from
the book, they are what you might think of as "ideal
clients" who inspire and energize me whenever I collaborate or consult with
them.
I'm glad I followed my intuition about forming this
group, because the group brainstorming exercises have already
produced results for me. In week one of our group call, they
suggested I provide a survey to past clients
to determine some current needs, and
offer to fulfill those needs as a follow-up package to my initial
consulting services. While this sounds fairly
obvious, it hadn't occurred to me to do that. I did want
input from past
clients,
and I did want to offer additional services, but I wasn't quite
sure how to go about it. I followed the advice of
my group members, and got helpful feedback
from the past clients I surveyed.
Intention + Action + Accountability = Successful
Results
It's a simple formula, but one that has proven to be
reliable. All the elements must be there to see the
results.
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