The INNER Counsel Think Tank - (The Mastermind Group That Advises You From Within)


by Pete Siegel - Date: 2007-04-07 - Word Count: 2014 Share This!

Have you ever thought something through that you said you "didn't" know how to deal with, and come up with an answer - the exact right answer - that surprised even yourself? Have you ever faced either an extreme adversity or crisis situation - one where you had to put your mind wholly into it, and you then made the specific right choices and decisions which move you through -- and efficiently beyond the situation?

Have you ever had a need, or faced a challenge, or were caught up in a dilemma where all those "friends" outside you who you asked for advice were either "too busy", "too disinterested", or gave you "dud" suggestions - and so you said "Ahhh - the hell with it; I'll do the best I can by myself" - and you did?

And without ever meeting or knowing you, I can tell you the answers to the preceding are a resounding yes! "Uh, why do you ask, Pete?" Why? Because I want you to understand that you are more capable, competent, creative and mentally astute than you realize. Indeed, a lot more.

From 27 years as the country's foremost peak performance hypnotherapist, I've helped scores of people find - and connect with - inner resources and capacities they never even knew they possessed. And these empowering, life advancing resources always moved them to realize one significant thing: They could look to themselves to find answers and direction they'd, heretofore, believed they had to look outside themselves to find.

Once you realize this capacity, and trust its service potential within you, you can then stop hoping, waiting, wishing, dreaming, and depending on the "world" to assist your sustenance and advance. You, literally, can go within, and gain targeted understanding and insight that (frequently) is the exact right answer you need-the answer that, once applied, enables you to fulfill a need, sustain a quest, and/or expand your impact so you product further progress and development.

Wisdom Within, Power Within;

Your Subconscious Is, Irrefutably, A Realm Of Provision

"Are you telling me I don't have to ask those outside me for any advice or counsel?" No. I know, many times, you must ask for others' opinions and perspectives. That - to a notable degree - is how you grow.

What I'm saying is you can learn to trust and resourcefully use faculties, which you possess right now, to meet your individual needs, so you (of your own volition) can continue your advance. You are smarter than you realize; you are a lot more subconsciously capable than you even know:

• Your capacity for understanding is greater than you realize

• Your capacity to attract the exact people you need into your life is greater than you realize

• Your capacity for decisiveness is greater than you realize

• Your capacity for thinking things through, thoroughly evaluating them, and letting your subconscious provide you targeted insight and direction is greater than you realize

• Your capacity to rise to the occasion, meet and master a demand, and glean the perspective necessary to devise, and implement a plan of action - a plan for success - is greater than you realize

So many times clients, for decades now, have told me "Wow; I didn't know that I knew what I knew!" And my response to them is always the same. I tell them "Interesting, huh! I wonder what else exists within your mental realm you're not aware of yet!" (The answer is, a lot!)

What does all this have to do with a mastermind group? Good question. And let me explain it like this: There are two general types of mastermind groups. The first is where you assemble a defined group of people who, presumably, bring to the table established knowledge, and a desire to serve, and, therefore, be served. This is the traditional mastermind framework.

If you establish one that works, where your members are consistent in their motivation and their enthusiasm to help you, great. My personal experience has been that, because of my high profile reputation as a therapist and life transformation facilitator, I usually have my brain "picked" continually by eager beaver mastermind group members who want something from me (for their personal lives), more so than wanting to truly help me out with a marketing and/or promotional situation I'm facing.

As far as I'm concerned, the rule of thumb with mastermind groups is: Make sure the scales balance. There must be an equality between genuinely giving with each member's expecting and requesting. If not, you're "pouring water to help someone else's tree grow" … while your tree doesn't receive the degree of nourishment it needs to grow, indeed, ultimately flourish.

Which leads us nicely to the second kind of mastermind group: The Inner Counsel Think Tank. Remember the three initial questions I asked you -- those where your answers were a definitive yes? Well, in this type of mastermind group, you'll now use your vast, untapped subconscious capacity to meet your personal needs. And, as such, come to rely upon your own mental power to get your life emphatically done.

Again, I'm not saying don't look to, seek out, or request the perceptions of others. I'm saying you can, and should, learn how to recognize your own life sustaining/expanding power. And trust - and apply - this power so an "inner mastermind group" is working full time to enhance and increase your personal growth.

YOUR INNER COUNSEL THINK TANK

Using Your Own Wisdom, Ability And Creativity To Supply You The Answers You Need

This process, as I personally use it, is easy to implement, and produces incredible results for me. Let me detail it for you now. [*I suggest you read through this process in its entirety first. Then apply it exactly as outlined.]

The Inner Counsel Think Tank Process

1.) First, write down one specific thing that you feel you need direction and/or an answer for. This sets the stage for what your Inner Counsel will be meeting about.

For example: Are you looking for a title for your new book? Which person should you hire for an important position from your pool of candidates? What's the best way to approach asking your boss for a raise? How can you get on the radio or TV show you know you're qualified for - and which would really give your product or service the visibility lift you need? Etc.

Write this one focal point question down. And then, when you do, consciously review it. And make notes regarding any ideas that may "pop up". Then, say to yourself (and mean it) "Now, I'll turn this question over to my Inner Counsel. Their collective wisdom and insight knows exactly what to do, and how to do it.

2.) Now you'll gain subconscious access so first, seclude yourself in a quite, non-distracting environment, one where you're sure you'll not be disturbed. Take your phone off the hook, loosen any tight or binding clothing you may be wearing, and then position yourself on your back, lying either upon your bed, the couch, the floor, or stretched out in a reclining chair so you feel totally comfortable and at ease.

Next, let your eyelids gently close down, and take 3 l-o-n-g, d-e-e-p breaths, inhaling easily through your nostrils, and slowly exhaling through your mouth.

Next, envision yourself slowly descending a staircase of 7 total steps. And with each step, mentally/silently repeat the word "D-O-W-N" to yourself, allowing yourself to progressively let loose, and more thoroughly mentally/physically relax with each successive step you descend.

When you've easily, comfortably reached the bottom step #1, and are feeling the deep and soothing comfort of mind/body inner calmness, then shift your awareness so you perform the scope of the following #3.

3.) Now, you'll engage your Inner Counsel Think Tank. And so, imaginatively seated at a round table, clearly notice that there are four other members of your group seated at the table along with you. There is:

A.) Creativity/new idea generator

B.) Wisdom/insight

C.) Motivation/will to triumph

D.) Marketing/promotion

You can imagine them as actual people, or individual composites of condensed white light energy.

Take some time to imaginatively acknowledge them, and say a heartfelt hello to each of the four members at the table with you.

4.) Next, call the meeting to order. Looking at the group with a CEO's confident directness, tell them why you've convened them (i.e., "We're here today to discuss and give targeted insight to broaching the following issue.")

Then, clearly tell them the question you've written down. Next, mentally go from person to person, and ask them, for example, "Creativity/new idea generator - as you consider this, what have you to say?" Then, just comfortably wait for them to respond. They may readily give you some startling revelation. Or, they may say -- Hmmm…let me think on it some more, and I'll be getting back to you shortly."

Whatever their response, tell them Thank You. And then move on to engaging the next counsel member the same outlined way.

After you've engaged each of the four members individually (and have acknowledged their response), inhale deeply, and exhale through your mouth slowly. Then, imaginatively sit back in your round table chair, and look at them as a collective group, and notice them speaking to and interacting with each other about your particular question.

Next, ask if they've come up with anything else. And let them answer you. Some more targeted revelation may be expressed, or, they may say "We'll keep working on it, and we'll be getting back to you very soon with more important, useful information and direction."

5.) Finish your meeting with a genuine "thank you all!" And, with strong feeling, then silently repeat the following affirmation: "This group gives me valuable insight each time we convene. They all have my best interest in mind. And they all know what to do, and exactly how to do it. I am now completely open to continue receiving their insight and direction!"

6.) Again inhale a long deep breath through your nostrils, and slowly exhale through your mouth. And now you're ready to return back to your full conscious awareness once again. So imagine you're now ascending a staircase of four total steps suggesting to yourself with each step you ascend you are more alert and more completely consciously aware. Then, when you've reached the top step at number four, let your eyelids open, inhale deeply, fill up your lungs…and s-t-r-e-t-c-h.

7.) Now, take a pen and paper and write down all the information the counsel members provided you. Take your time here, and just let their suggestions and direction easily stream through you and out onto your notepad.

8.) When you've written down all related information your counsel members have provided you, then proceed to organize it in an implementation hierarchy. And then, one by one, start doing, applying, and/or tasking in exact accord with what they said.

The Stream Of Insight Will Continue To Flow

As well as the information you wrote down from your post meeting wrap-up…the "group" will likely continue supplying targeted information to you regarding handling, and appropriately dealing with the question you posed.

Ideas and insight are sure to start "popping up out of the blue" - sometimes in the most unlikely places (i.e., while you're driving, grocery shopping, showering, working out, eating, on the phone, in the bathroom, reading, playing golf, etc.).

This is why I suggest you carry a pen and pad with you once you begin using this process. And, when you can (i.e., not while driving), write down the new insight your "group" has unfolded to you.

A Final Review And Commentary

Always be sure to bring an air of patience, and goodwilled expectancy to your Inner Counsel Think Tank meetings. Don't force your members to comply, or put "C'mon; what's the answer here!" pressure on them. Just approach your contact with them as I've outlined, to ensure maximum results.

I suggest you have Inner Counsel meetings no more than twice per week, with at least three days between each session. This is so your subconscious can process your request without being pressured and/or emotionally overloaded.

Once you've received what you know is the right, workable answer (and have implemented it successfully), you can then reconvene your group to address another need or question you may have.

Just use the exact format I've outlined each time. And know that the more you use this process, the more powerful, fruitful, and definitively substantive it will become for you!


Related Tags: awareness, mind control, self hypnosis, self discovery, subconscious power, mental power

Powerhouse self-help author, life transformation seminar leader, private clinician, and national TV therapist, Pete Siegel is the country's foremost peak performance hypnotherapist. You can review his acclaimed PowerMind© national best selling life and mega-success building programs, including Building Super Confidence, Success Mind-Sets, Using Your Stress To Fuel Your Success!, Living Invincibly Positive, and Winning At Life, at http://www.incrediblechange.com

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