Quote: (11-21-2012 03:40 AM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote:
Quote: (11-21-2012 02:27 AM)Beyond Borders Wrote:
Quote: (11-21-2012 01:57 AM)Thomas the Rhymer Wrote:
Quote: (11-20-2012 08:09 PM)Safado Wrote:
Is anyone a part of an online mastermind group?
The RooshV forum is an online mastermind group. You can get advice and ideas on pretty much anything on this forum.
Very, very true. Thanks for the reminder, as this place really is an asset that can be easy to take for granted sometimes.
That said, I think the business side of things is where the forum is really lacking; a hyper-focused business group would be worth being part of. Sometimes the business threads around here are full of vague info or what seems like pre-pitches for someone preparing to sell something. And sometimes people bounce into a thread to mention how they're making a shitload of cash but never show back up to give any hint to the how or what.
Could be just a lack of focus, as everyone here is into something different. Personally, I think being part of something with serious businessmen - trading ideas, networking, and keeping each other going - would offer a lot that the forum can't deliver.
Before it became a private forum, the Stronglifts forum encouraged people to keep a forum diary of their lifting. People could then follow specific lifters to learn from or to teach or just to trade ideas.
Maybe that would work here on this forum. The best mastermind group would be a face-to-face thing but this can be a reasonable substitute/back-up.
Basically, for us that are hustling, we could keep a weekly online diary of how business is going. We could follow each others interesting threads and just toss ideas back and forth.
I think that would require a heavily moderated 'mastermind' subforum. Non-diary related stuff would have to be kicked out, and there should be an absolute non-tolerance of trolling.
Some potential rules:
1) The mastermind group is a dictatorship, not a democracy.
2) You will post a short history of your business/life/hustle, your thoughts on your progress.
3) With that post, you will post a date on which will be your next update of your 'business diary'; it can be anything between daily and 2 months.
4) Should anyone fail to post by his due date, he will be reminded by PM and given a one week extension only.
5) Any posts in response to a business diary update must add value to the the diary.
6) No direct negative comments will be tolerated. All criticism must be indirect. Should you have no idea how to argue indirectly, read Dale Carnegie's 'How to win friends and influence people.' I will soon be posting a summary of that book as well (I'm currently 75% done).
7) Breaking any of the above rules will lead to immediate banning from the mastermind group. See rule 1.
8) Failure to keep your diary updated will lead to banning from the mastermind group. See rule 1.
If you think the above could work, or there should be some other rule set, please post. I think if there are 10 people interested then it could be viable.
The other issue is, should we make this part of the RooshV forum or should we have a separate forum which can be more heavily moderated? (And obviously, it will be up to Uncle Roosh whether we can start a mastermind group in his forum)