3rd Mastermind Notes

• -How should you build your team?
  • -Hire people you like and get along with
  • -Also means you need to delegate to these people (gets back to trust and checking your ego)
• -No. 1 piece of advice: be likable
• -Stay in shape – physical exercise keeps you sane and sharp
  • -And always do bicep curls
• -How’d Steve get ahead?
  • -Grinding
  • -Soft skills
    • -Like being likable
    • -But also building trust – do what you say
• -Keep your ego in check
• -Your greatest opportunities are in “down markets” when everyone else is running for the hills
  • -This is a life and investment skill
  • -Means being disciplined when things are easy so you don’t over-extend
  • -But it’s when everyone else is scared and in trouble that really big opportunities exist
  • -This also means taking disadvantages (eg. Inexperience) and turning it into an asset
    • -For example, Steve was able to use his inexperience to approach much more experienced, successful businessman who didn’t see him as a threat
• -When you’re after something, whether a job or money, remind yourself you don’t need them
  • -Money is the most plentiful thing in the universe – it can literally be created from nothing
  • -Approaching other people this way gives you a confidence and removes neediness