Author: Dave Dean

Even before joining the Mastermind process I always knew that I wanted to do something different, something more than just average. I wanted to achieve more for myself, something that was mine and not your regular 9-5. I felt like I had the potential (somewhere), the problem was I didn’t know how or where to begin; how to utilise myself and my time effectively to see the greatest returns. I was working hard, but not smart. All of this led to much frustration which eventually manifested itself in a state of despondency and a feeling of, ‘what’s the point!’. I was drifting – doing ‘okay’, but feeling unfulfilled and unenthusiastic about my work. But, since joining a Mastermind, things have improved dramatically. The process has been life transforming for me. It has given me the confidence to implement my own personal and professional development programme into our law firm Parfitt Cresswell. There are also plans in place to take it outside the company in the coming year. But, most importantly, it has given me the initiative and freedom to go after, and do, what I love. On top of this I am also currently playing an integral roll in the creation a new business – more of which I hope to share with you in the coming months. I’d heard the term Mastermind banded around on numerous occasions and...

First time I heard the phrase ‘Mastermind’, I had visions of a James Bond scene where some sadistic, cat stroking maniac told his minions all about his plan to take over the world! It was only a fleeting vision you understand… Surprisingly, I’d been in a variety of personal development groups for years and the term Mastermind had been used to describe everything from simple business meetings to ballrooms of hundreds of people. But, it was while reading ‘Think and Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill, when the full understanding of the power of being in a Mastermind really hit me for the first time and I realised there was something missing from these groups. On a side-note… isn’t it interesting that these groups are always called ‘Elite’? More on that another time… Back to Mr Hill. His book was written in the 1930’s after two decades of research into the successes of some of the richest men of that time. Yet, almost a century later, the principles within still resonate with business owners and entrepreneurs the world over. Hill’s research concluded, behind every successful business person is a Mastermind. He observed, when several minds come together, in a spirit of harmony and with common purpose, they create a synergy within the group that could not happen with one person by himself. The creation of a ‘third mind” if you...