1+1=3

What is a Mastermind?
By Michelle Shelton

The Bible says, “Where two or more come together in my name, there am I with them.” – Matthew 18:20

The term Master Mind was first used in 1908 by a man named Napoleon Hill. Napoleon Hill was commissioned by Andrew Carnegie, (then the richest man in the world), to interview the most successful people of his day. The objective was to find what success has in common. His book, ‘Think and Grow Rich’ finally came out in 1937 and outlined the ‘13 Principles’ that Hill’s long years of research had identified as being common to every successful person.

Hill says of the Master Mind: Two Creating a Mighty Third. So as you can see, 1+1=3 is not some new Math we have used. 1+1=3 is the Master Mind where Two Minds Create a Mighty Third.

One of those principles was that of the Master Mind Group. Hill demonstrated that no successful person does it alone. All are surrounded by people who can help them, advise them, criticize them, encourage them, motivate them, inspire them and spark them to be better than they could ever be on their own.

He goes even further to suggest that people with a mastermind group around them can tap into an intelligence that is beyond themselves – that the coming together of two or more minds focused on a single purpose creates a collection of intellect that can never be achieved by the individuals on their own.

Some branches of Christianity teach that Marriage is the ultimate Master Mind.