{"id":21,"date":"2014-04-03T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/2014\/04\/03\/nwa-emerging-leaders-roll-ou\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T16:16:16","slug":"nwa-emerging-leaders-roll-ou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/2014\/04\/03\/nwa-emerging-leaders-roll-ou\/","title":{"rendered":"NWA Emerging Leaders Roll Out Mastermind Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nBy: Whitney Yoder<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nVice-President of Development<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nRogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nNWA Emerging Leaders is committed to<br \/>\npersonal and professional development for emerging talent in our region.&nbsp; That is evidenced by a new program rolling<br \/>\nout in April; Legacy Mastermind Groups.&nbsp;<br \/>\nMastermind Groups bring a combination of brainstorming, education, peer<br \/>\naccountability, and support in a group setting to sharpen business and personal<br \/>\nskills. &nbsp;In short, belonging to a mastermind group helps you and your<br \/>\nfellow group members grow and achieve success. &nbsp; <\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nHere are some of the great benefits<br \/>\nthat come with participating in a Mastermind Group:<\/div>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><b>You\u2019ll<br \/>\n     be part of an exclusive community<\/b>,<br \/>\n     a small, tightly knit group of like-minded peers all working toward<br \/>\n     similar objectives;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><b>Advisement<\/b>. &nbsp;You\u2019ll lose that feeling of being alone as a<br \/>\n     business person as the other members of the group turn into your informal<br \/>\n     advisory board;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><b>Collaboration<\/b>. &nbsp;You may find someone in the group who is a<br \/>\n     perfect fit for a project you\u2019re working on. &nbsp;How great would it be<br \/>\n     to find that missing person you\u2019ve been seeking?;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><b>Extend<br \/>\n     your network<\/b>. &nbsp;People do business with<br \/>\n     people they know, like, and trust, and these mastermind groups are great<br \/>\n     ways to build your network by making new, trusted friends;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><b>New<br \/>\n     learning<\/b>. &nbsp;Even if you\u2019ve been in<br \/>\n     your field for years and years, and are an industry expert, you\u2019ll still<br \/>\n     learn new things from the experiences and perspectives of your new<br \/>\n     friends;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><b>Cross-promotion<\/b>. &nbsp;Your business will benefit as you and your<br \/>\n     group members find ways to work together and cross promote each other\u2019s<br \/>\n     services to your respective client, customer, and vendor groups;<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;\"><b>Think<br \/>\n     bigger<\/b>. &nbsp;One of the greatest<br \/>\n     benefits of mastermind groups, brainstorming on a regular basis with a<br \/>\n     group of driven, intelligent people is going to make you a bigger person.<br \/>\n     &nbsp;You will think bigger, take on bigger challenges, and grow into a<br \/>\n     bigger person<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nMastermind groups encourage you to<br \/>\nchallenge yourself and others to set and accomplish important goals, but to be<br \/>\nsuccessful members have to be willing to commit, listen, and give their best to<br \/>\neach participant. <\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nThese aren\u2019t classes; they\u2019re not<br \/>\nnetworking groups; and they\u2019re not coaching. &nbsp;They\u2019re simply you and a<br \/>\ngroup of highly committed peers engaging to make each other better. &nbsp; <\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nIn the business world, author<br \/>\nNapoleon Hill, who wrote the famous book \u201cThink and Grow Rich\u201d, says mastermind<br \/>\ngroups are the basis for every great fortune, and that great power can be<br \/>\naccumulated through no other principle. <\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nNot everyone who joins a mastermind<br \/>\ngroup wants to become rich or powerful, but Hill\u2019s comment points to the power<br \/>\nof what can happen when a group of committed individuals focus their energy on<br \/>\nhelping each other grow. <\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\nGroups are forming now, so to make<br \/>\nsure you have the opportunity to get your own personal advisory board.&nbsp; Currently over 100 people have signed up to<br \/>\nparticipate in a group.&nbsp; The program<br \/>\nkicks-off with a luncheon on April 23, 2014.&nbsp;<br \/>\nFor more information or to sign-up contact Whitney Yoder at<br \/>\n479-619-3197.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Whitney Yoder Vice-President of Development Rogers-Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce &nbsp; NWA Emerging Leaders is committed to personal and professional development for emerging talent in our region.&nbsp; That is evidenced by a new program rolling out in April; Legacy Mastermind Groups.&nbsp; Mastermind Groups bring a combination of brainstorming, education, peer accountability, and support in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[7,8,9,10],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chambernews","tag-community","tag-emerging-leaders","tag-mastermind","tag-rogers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8RhO8-l","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":124,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/impactpossible.com\/voice\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}