Assistant Editor commentary
by Don Hanley
Becoming part of a
mastermind group
Do you have one?
A
re you a part of a mastermind group? In Napoleon Hill’s
book “Think and Grow Rich” he discusses having a master-
mind group to help you build your wealth. While MRH is
not about building wealth, the principal is still the same: we benefit
most when we connect with others more than superficially.
So how does this look in model railroading? I see it as three to five
like-minded modelers who get together and share. But if you stop
at just the surface level, you miss out on the real benefits.
To transform into a mastermind group, you need to go deeper to
learn from and teach each other. For example, I may be good at
building models and detailing them, but my electrical skills are
somewhat lacking.
Someone in my mastermind group that's good at the electrical side
of model railroading then is beneficial. That modeler can help me
avoid electrical pitfalls as I work on my layout.
I, on the other hand, can help another with model building tech-
niques that can improve their skills on their projects. And so it goes.
We each have areas where we excel in the hobby and areas where
we do not.
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