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12-05-2006, 02:03 PM
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 |  Mastermind group - who'd you pick?
A thought just sprang into my mind. If you were to choose people to be in your mastermind group, who'd you pick? I'd pick: * Steve Pavlina * Mike Adams * Eben Pagan (aka David DeAngelo) * Tony Robbins * Napoleon Hill (obviosly, it was his idea  )
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12-05-2006, 02:50 PM
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Here is my list in order... Leonardo Da Vinci Benjamin Franklin Albert Einstein Bill Gates Mark Twain Steve Jobs Steve Pavlina George W. Bush (Some one will need to serve the beverages and snacks) Nothing would probably get done though... They are so smart each of them would think they are right, their way is best and spend eternity arguing... If you really want to get things done you need one smart person and a bunch of dummies to agree with the smart person and do what needs to be done. Last edited by CeciL; 12-05-2006 at 03:07 PM. |
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12-05-2006, 05:37 PM
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Maybe ought to say why?
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12-05-2006, 07:45 PM
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Are we talking about the "Mastermind group in your mind"- thing or about sitting together with physical human beings.
__________________ I am always open for feedback on my posts. If your feedback would go offtopic feel free to send me a Personal Message. My posts generally don't contain medical or legal advice, if you have a problem seek the opinion of an expert Talking about this in terms of “bad news” or “bad judgment by business leaders” seems archaic. It’s like describing World War One as “a serious diplomatic concern.” Bruce Sterling about the financial crisis. |
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12-06-2006, 03:00 AM
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12-06-2006, 03:46 AM
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My wife. Steve, of course, as well as Erin. Douglas Adams (so long as he promises not to talk about Apple) Piers Anthony Sgt. Audie Murphey and Radical I'm trying to keep as many do-ers as I have philosophers, as well as keeping an even balance of skeptics and wide thinkers. After all, before enlightenment, we all chop wood and carry water, as well as after enlightenment, we all chop wood and carry water.
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12-06-2006, 04:12 AM
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 My list would be: Albert Einstein Buddha Jesus Tony Robbins Stephen R. Covey Richard Dawkins Stephen Hawking Roger Penrose Socrates Leonardo Da Vinci Sigmund Freud Viktor Frankl And, of course, Adam | |
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12-06-2006, 05:44 PM
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12-11-2006, 12:17 PM
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01-27-2007, 08:53 PM
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Astristotle Rene Descartes Immanuel Kant Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Carl Friedrich Gauß David Hilbert Gottlob Frege Charles Sanders Peirce Bertrand Russell Karl Popper Kurt Gödel Jean-Paul Sartre Albert Camus John Forbes Nash Timothy Gowers Terence Tao ... If I could pick only two, I'd take Richard Dawkins and Jesus to sit on a table for a glass of wine or two. Bush and Bin Laden would also be inspiring. |
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01-27-2007, 10:24 PM
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We did this exercise in our Mastermind group a couple of months ago. I chose the following people: Bill Gates Oprah Winfrey Tony Robbins Jimmy Wales
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01-27-2007, 11:43 PM
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My mastermind group to erase the difference between the upper and lower classes: Mother Theresa Ghandi Buddha Jezus Ralph Waldo Emerson George Orwell Pierre Joseph Proudhon Clifford Hugh Douglas Karl Marx - and - the top capitalists and politicians of this world would sit in to simply listen
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01-29-2007, 02:26 AM
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My list: Gandhi Buddha George Bush- Comic Relief Parents Covey- see if the guy practices what he teaches Mother Teresa Jesus- to see if the guy's a phony or if he really did walk on water. Mandela Colin Powell | |
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02-03-2007, 12:10 PM
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Business mastermind: Michael Dell -- driving force behind Dell's success Steve Jobs -- driving force behind Apple's success Howard Schultz -- driving force behind Starbucks' success Herb Kelleher -- driving force behind Southwest Airlines' success Stephen Spielberg -- most financially successful movie director of all time Ray Ozzie -- i just think he's smart Gabe Newell -- ditto Thomas Edison -- ditto Robert Heilbroner -- my favorite economics writer, first economics book I ever read Robert Kiyosaki -- my favorite investing/entrepreneurship writer Warren Buffet -- greatest value investor of all time Peter Drucker -- i just think he's smart W. Edwards Deming -- ditto. quality management and continuous improvement Jay Abraham -- favorite marketing writer Napoleon Hill -- wrote the first success book I ever read which got me into personal development Philosophical/Spiritual mastermind: Carl Jung Ken Wilber Immanuel Kant Deepak Chopra Alan Watts Lao Tzu Aurobindo Wei Wu Wei Raymond Smullyan Douglas Hofstadter Gerald Weinberg Erwin Schrödinger Fritjof Capra Pao Chih Rumi Quote:
The two I'd pick on the philosophical-side would be Jesus and Lao Tzu. It would be great to hear how each would reword their philosophies using modern-day language and modern-day metaphors. And I wonder where exactly they would disagree with each other. Last edited by Glass Joe; 02-03-2007 at 12:30 PM. | |
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02-03-2007, 02:55 PM
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Mark Cuban - maverick billionaire Richard Branson - maverick billionaire Markus Frind - one man band; owner of plentyoffish.com Oprah - She did it her way Leonardo da Vinci - great thinker Steve Jobs - inspirational Napolean Hill - still #1 author on PD Dolly Parton - very smart businesswoman Kase Lawal - very successful oil trader W. Clement Stone - practical positive thinking Deepak Chopra - foremost spiritual thinker Last edited by trekr5; 02-03-2007 at 02:59 PM. |
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02-07-2007, 04:32 AM
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WOW...you guys have said it all... sigh: I want only a few in mine, because if there's more than 4, it's quite chaotic and too many ego. So, I'd have to stick with Ghandi Mother Teresa Wayne Dyer Gordan B. Hinkley yeah, that should cover it
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