The mastermind is defined as: “Coordination of knowledge and effort in a spirit of harmony between two or more people for the attainment of a definite purpose.”

Many people assume that this is describing teamwork, but that is not correct.

From the Napoleon Hill Foundation book “Believe and Achieve” is the following:

Teamwork can be achieved by any group, even one whose members have disparate interests, because all it requires is cooperation. In teamwork people might simply be cooperating because they like the leader or out of a sense of duty. Some team members will give 100% to any team, who pays them enough, but they have little concern about the objective, and sometimes there is good teamwork because different members have different agendas.  A board of directors may disagree, even be unfriendly, and still run a business successfully. Musical groups are made up of notoriously self centered people, who work as a team, if it will help them get ahead.

Masterminds, on the other hand, are formed of individuals who have the same agenda, a deep sense of mission, and commitment to the same goal. Masterminds represent the highest activity of thinking by a group of knowledgeable people, each contributing their absolute best according to their abilities, expertise, and background.

 If you have ever been a part of a meeting when everything just” clicked” and ideas build upon other ideas, with each member contributing, until out of the group activity came the best possible idea or solution,  that was a mastermind at work. Napoleon Hill believed that you must make the mastermind experience a regular part of your life if you really want to succeed.

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