Today I will write a quick article on the idea of the Mastermind as it was originally described by Napoleon Hill in his books "Think and Grow Rich" as well as "The Law of Success".


You are the average of the 5 people you spend time with the most.
Whenever you want to achieve a goal, make sure you surround yourself
with people who reflect those goals.

It makes no sense to surround yourself with feminists, when your goal is
to be a Pick up Artist, just as it would not make sense to only surround yourself
with bakers, if your goal is to become a butcher.

Others will always influence you in one way or another. If you are serious about
your goals, make sure that the people you spend time with are in line with those
goals. So if you want to become a butcher, hang out with butchers, if you want to
become a Pick up Artist, spend time with Pick up Artists, spend time on RSDNation,
listen to instructors, re-evaluate your progress from time to time.

The idea of the mastermind eventually becomes more subtle and difficult to grasp.
For example: Once you have surrounded yourself with butchers / PUA's, they may
be mediocre butchers or PUA's, meaning that although you become like them in your
profession, you also become like them in your attitude towards life - hence you would
become mediocre at what you are doing.

Therefore, make sure that you surround yourself with people who want to achieve great
things in their chosen profession, as long as that is what you want as well.

Hang out with the best butcher, the best PUA, the best baseball player in your team / county /
and so forth and so forth.

That is the only way you will continously expand your horizons and eventually become able
to achieve great things! Dissociate from those who no longer reflect your aims!