Hey guys welcome back to my channel. I just got back from a mastermind retreat
in New York and so in today's video I'm going to share with you guys what we
talked about, how we set up our mastermind and how you can go about
setting up your own mastermind retreat. We met up in New York to talk about our
businesses, our goals and our plans and to brainstorm about the upcoming year.
There is just something about Fall that makes me want to plan all of the things.
Hopefully this video will give you some ideas on how to start a mastermind group
or to plan a mastermind retreat if you already have a group set up. So before I
get into all the things we ate and all the things we did in New York, as well as
what we did on our mastermind retreat, please remember to hit like and to
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First I wanted to share how we started our mastermind group and what we discuss
every month. There are two other members in my mastermind group. We are all
creative business owners. We actually all met on Instagram and have since the met
in person and have become real life real life real friends. Even though we all
started as hand letterers, each of our businesses went on different paths with
course creation, private lessons or online stores, so we didn't let the fact
that we're all calligraphers and may have overlapping audiences or
overlapping businesses stop us from forming a group together. That's because
we're each so different and so how we approach each business situation is
different. And actually those different opinions is what helps us grow and learn
from each other. So when setting up a mastermind group it is important to have
some ground rules. Having a consistent meeting time is of course important. We
actually meet monthly over Google Hangouts and we video chat. And when we
actually started our group, we had like a mini meeting beforehand to discuss you
know what we wanted to get out of the group, the important things that we
wanted to cover each month. The three of us are actually really into tests and
taking quizzes so we actually took a Strengths Finder test - each of us
did that, and we share our results with each other. Those results actually helped
us see how we could better work together and how to better communicate with each
other. Sidenote, if you don't know what I'm talking about when I talk about the
Strengths Finder test or the results, click the link below and you can check
out the book by Tom Rath I believe. Before our monthly calls we fill out our shared
goal sheet so that we can see each other's goals and keep each other
accountable. So on our monthly calls we talk about the previous month's goals,
if we achieve them, maybe what went well in our businesses and why and what we
need advice and help on. That could be how to handle a client situation or
maybe a technical situation, maybe a pricing question since the three of us
are comfortable sharing pricing with each other.
We also share new resources with each other whether that be books or certain
podcast episodes that we think would help one another.
I also wanted to share why we decided to have our own retreat versus attending a
conference together. Early on in our mastermind we decided that we wanted to
meet up in person, we just weren't quite sure when or where and how that was all
going to work out. I've actually met Susan and Jisun separately but the
three of us have never gotten together. And I'll actually link their Instagrams
below just in case you want to see their work. So figuring out the location was
pretty easy if we were going to go to each of our hometowns that left us with
LA, San Francisco or New York City. We first booked an Airbnb which actually
cancelled on us like three days before we got to New York, and we had to
scramble and find a new one. That was because we wanted to make sure that we
were at a place that had you know a dining room table, living room, someplace
that we could talk in the evenings when we were masterminding. We spent the
second half of our trip actually in a hotel because we actually just couldn't
do a fourth floor walk-up in New York so you know sometimes you got to make
decisions on the fly. So truthfully attending a conference together never
crossed our minds. It might just be because the three of us are introverted
extroverts if that makes sense and was also more cost-effective for us to just
plan our trip together and make sure that we had all the things that we
wanted to discuss set before we got to New York. Plus we've all been to
conferences where we like some things but not the others, so we wanted to make
sure that we controlled what we did, when we did it and also have that flexibility
in case we needed it. Like the time we needed to leave the fourth floor walk-up
and go to a hotel.
So in between all the eating and exploring of New York City we
organically talked about our businesses. But we also set aside a topic each night
that we wanted to discuss in depth. We also set aside time each morning to you
know to kind of slowly wake up, journal, check emails, sketch do some lettering
practice - whatever it was. We wanted to make sure we had this chunk of time
before heading out for the day that allowed us to kind of get our mind right
if you would, and also to give us that alone time. Like I mentioned, the three of
us are introverts so we didn't want to be like on the go starting at 8 a.m.
until 8 p.m. And you can do that when you set your own retreat right, as long
as the three of you are in agreement. You can do what you want, what works for your
group. Every evening we made it a point to be home at a certain time after
dinner so that we could tackle that day's mastermind topic and honestly that
worked out for me because I am no longer 23 and so I cannot hang with those late
dinners and whatnot. So being home at around 9 o'clock every night allowed us
to have that mastermind time. And I mean while it's great to be out and about in
a city, that was our purpose. We were there to mastermind so we made sure
to be home at a certain time every night. We spoke about things like reflecting on
2017 and what worked and what didn't. We set our intentions for the trip on the
first night and we just talked about you know what we were hoping to achieve in
our time together. Another day we took turns sharing new
product or service ideas and just getting feedback from the other two
members. I meant we basically came with big ideas that we weren't sure quite how
to execute on or maybe we just needed to flush out a little bit more, but needed
that second or third pair of eyes. Another night we talked about the other
people's businesses and maybe ideas that we had for them, whether that be products
services, or maybe internal things like systems. Sometimes it just helps to have
another pair of eyes. And on our last night we talked about 2018. You know our
big goals for that year and how we gonna end 2017 on a strong note. I'm a
major planner I may be because I'm a Virgo,
but Susan and Jisun are also major planners and so this is something that
we really enjoy. Taking that overarching goal and then breaking it down into
steps. Anyone can say that they want to open an Etsy store or they want to have
a course on X, but you know - how will you do it, when will you do it? Those are the
kind of planning things that we did on our last night. just taking that
overarching goal and then backtracking. Breaking down things into little steps
just makes it more manageable and actually makes you feel like it's
achievable.
So that was kind of my mini vlog with those transition clips, as well as you
know what we discussed on our mastermind retreat and how we set up our group.
I hope this video gives you a little bit of a push to start that like-minded
group or maybe even just a step outside of your comfort zone. Like I mentioned
the three of us met online on Instagram and have become real-life friends since
then. Being a solo business owner can be kind of scary and lonely at times with
your real-life friends maybe not quite understanding what you do if they are
not entrepreneurs themselves. So I really encourage you guys to make connections
online on you know Facebook or Instagram - whatever social media platform you're on -
and see if those connections can turn into in-person meetups. But you know like
be safe, have your stranger/danger guard up because you never know. I'm just
really lucky with the girls in my mastermind that we get along so well and
there was no stranger/danger or anything like that. We get along and we work well
together which is what's also really important. So thanks for watching you
guys. Let me know if you have any other questions about setting up a mastermind
or any other business related questions. I'd be happy to answer.
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