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Honorée Corder: Author. Empire Builder. Publishing Strategist.

I started my mastermind with six people

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As I mentioned, the Empire Builders Mastermind (EBM) was born in 2019 with just six people.

I didn't have a massive strategy--my "big marketing push" (and I do detest when someone says, "I'm going to 'push' this..." 🤮) was a Facebook post.

One other thing I did was to make a list of people I thought would be a great fit for my group. Then I called and invited them with a brief description. I didn't have a numbers goal, I had a "perfect fit" goal. I wanted people who also wanted to build an empire around their book (even if they didn't have one yet).

I ended up with six members, and most of them were course students. I didn't have to recruit anyone, I attracted them instead. Over these past eight years, I've had so much fun mentoring, coaching, cajoling, and pushing the members to build and grow what they want, not what the drumbeat of others is telling them to do. (Not everybody needs or wants to scale. Just sayin'.)

I must say attracting vs. recruiting is just an easier way to live and work. Perhaps something I should write more about sometime? You tell me!

Anyway.

Having a mastermind is a fantastic way to simultaneously create impact and income. You can quickly learn how to structure, launch, and fill yours in here.

Tomorrow I'll talk about why proximity is power.

I'll see you then.

Honorée Corder.
Author. Executive Book Producer.

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