The second resource that is available is the Internet and a search of entrepreneur or entrepreneurs will yield a host of information and from my reading, much of it excellent. Entrepreneurship is becoming a key platform for educators of all kinds which is hardly surprising given the number of people who are no longer prepared to spend their entire life in a job; know by some as Just Over Broke.  Questacon have a lovely page called What is an Entrepreneur to which you could go as a starting point.  Entrepreneur has some fantastic resources and even has this page to help you with ideas – it is a great site, just persevere with the advertising.  And on Becoming an Entrepreneur you will find lots of practical advice.  Give this a try and it might help you to start your entrepreneurial journey.

My favourite ever resource however, is Polaris Media Group, which covers the personal development aspect of being an entrepreneur like magic. These programs are simply the best that you will find and have helped countless people get started on the journey of a lifetime.

Fortunately I have a great group of people to whom I can turn for masterminding and that is what I did. I am even lucky enough that that circle is wide and allows me to choose those who have had the exact same life experience.  So lesson number two was to be sure that you have the network to mastermind with and go for help quickly.  There have been times in my life when I have tried to do everything for myself, including solving problems.  These days I know that masterminding is much smarter and I even have one network deliberately put together to support my new home business in personal development.  Collective wisdom is an old practice used for many years to find the most exciting and innovative solutions.

The outcome is that I have stopped looking back, or even seeing myself in the present moment and I am tapping into my imagination to put myself into the future when the problem is solved and I have achieved success with that particular matter. Guess what – things are changing, I can see a way through and I am seeing opportunities to resolve this problem everywhere I look.  I am receiving unsolicited help and all up it is just like magic.  Just the way it is meant to be.  Oh and the other thing I did – relaxed and enjoyed the journey.  The trip is just as much fun as the arrival.  It’s funny how life works!

Hill says that the mastermind is “coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people for the attainment of a definite purpose”. So here in Hawaii, I am surrounded by people who are generous in their advice, counsel and personal cooperation so that every one of us has the very best opportunity to prosper in all ways.  I always have this opportunity, however here it is laid on in exceptional amounts.  Imagine if you will, at any moment being able to talk with like minded people and have access to the magic of collective wisdom – a mastermind.  All of those very positive, lateral thinking people giving me assistance, sharing their mind power.  Now seriously, that is some personal development program.  And it is right here, in Hawaii, supporting me in my personal development home business.

And you can have it too!!  Prosper your mind. Oh and Hawaii and all of the fun of the holiday and travel is ok too.  Shoe shopping, dining out at a fabulous Chinese Restaurant, lounging by the pool – ahh it is hard to take!!

The book takes you through the 13 steps necessary to overcome all obstacles and achieve all of your ambitions and remember, it was written in the early 1900’s. It is an amazing book, a guiding light and a basic text for any student of personal development.   These days, as expected, you can become a member of the Napoleon Hill Foundation and enjoy all of the benefits that the Internet has to offer.  I can only imagine their lives if these men had access to the technologies that we have.  However the book allows a glimpse of personal development 1928 style.

One of the key principals that Hill outlines is the mastermind which is the capacity to join up with a group of people who have harmonious minds and share your thoughts, thought energy and intelligence for their good and your own. This bringing together of thought energy creates a great bank of energy that is then used towards a specific purpose.  According to Hill, this form of cooperative alliance has been the basis of nearly every great fortune.  The message is simple, surround yourself with like minds in a harmonious environment, give generously to the mastermind yourself and receive the full benefits.   To success and happiness!

One – sit down and write down three actions that you need to take to get moving, to attract success. Successful people are taking action every day and if you want something you have never had you will have to do something that you have never done.  Write down your three actions.  And then break each of those three down into another three very manageable things to do and just do it.

Two – find yourself three successful people to be around, people with whom you have some harmony of thinking. Create yourself a mastermind group.  have fun with these people, talk your dreams with these people, shoot the breeze with these people and let your mind soak up their ideas and thoughts.  From this group, great creative ideas will come to help you attract success.

Three – do three things to keep your idea, to which you want to attract success, alive in your life:-

1. Think positive about it, write positively about it and talk positive about it as often as you possibly can every day.  See it coming to life and consider it done.  Believe you have achieved it.
2. Create yourself a short sentence about it that you can repeat to yourself or say out loud frequently every day. it can be something as simple as “I was born to succeed”.  This is an affirmation and affirmations have been widely used by successful people forever.
3. Be grateful and show appreciation for everything that you have right now and everything that you will have in the future. Write this down every day, say it out loud every day.  Wake up in the morning with appreciation on your mind and go to sleep at night in the same way.  It is easy – just say thank you for all of the little things that happen in your day and for the big things that your are dreaming of as if you have them.

Oh and we’ll have a number four just for fun – have fun, love what you are doing and be happy. ✿ ♪ ☼ ♡

Hill contended then that it is possible for thoughts to communicate with other thoughts; minds to speak directly to minds and gives as an example the Master Mind that served so well for Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone. Well, I will be happy to achieve to the extent that those three men did so two weeks ago I set off on a journey to meet up with as many of the experts within my new home business in personal development field as I possibly could in the time that I had available.  The first thing that I found was the absolute generosity of those experienced people.

They freely gave me hours of their time, shared their business acumen, provided hot tips and advice garnered from others and from their own experiences, lent me books and in some cases hosted me in their homes. I greatly appreciated this generosity and having never been seen it before, was amazed and humbled.  I am sure that in relation to give and receive, these people will receive ten fold in return.

Now for the amazing bit.  In some cases, I was gently but firmly challenged in regard to some of what I believed or was doing and that was an incredible learning experience on its own.  However in all cases, I left with something on my mind that I have subsequently turned much attention to and found some answers that I did not ever expect.  I can only think that this was a genuine Master Mind as defined by Hill.  Apart from that though, I greatly welcomed the Master Minding discussions that we had and learned heaps from them.  I thoroughly recommend that every small business owner find themselves a Master Mind!!  And I am sure that my own home business in personal development will be all the better for those Master Minds and others that will take place in the future.

The drive down the coast from Cairns to Brisbane was alright too. I highly recommend a look at both Tannum Sands and Burrum Heads.