The Master Mind principle is the basis of all great achievements. It’s the foundation stone of major importance in all human progress, whether it be individual progress or collective progress. It provides the key to the attainment of great personal power. The Master Mind principle is defined as an alliance of two or more minds, blended in a spirit of perfect harmony and cooperating for the attainment of a definite purpose. The key to its power may be found in the word harmony. Without that element, collective effort may constitute cooperation, but it will lack the power which harmony provides through coordination of effort.
“If you can’t do great things, do small things in a great way.” – Napoleon Hill
Beliefs About Master Mind Principle
The beliefs of major importance in connection with the Master Mind principle are these:
Premise 1 : The Master Mind principle is the medium through which one may procure the full benefit of the experience, training, education, specialised knowledge and native ability of others, just as completely as if their minds were one’s own.
Premise 2 : An alliance of two or more minds, in a spirit of perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose, stimulates each individual mind with a high degree of inspiration, and may become that state of mind known as faith. (A slight idea of this stimulation and its power is experienced in the relationship of close friendship and in the relationship of love.)
Premise 3 : Every human brain is both a broadcasting station and a receiving station for the expression of the vibrations of thought. The effect of the Master Mind principle stimulates the action of thought through what is commonly known as telepathy, operating through the sixth sense. In this manner, many business and professional alliances are translated into reality. Seldom has anyone attained a high station or enduring power without the application of the Master Mind principle through which they secured the benefit of other minds. This fact alone is sufficient evidence of the soundness and the importance of the Master Mind principle, and it is a fact that all may observe without straining their powers of observation or over-taxing their credulity.
Premise 4 : The Master Mind principle, when actively applied, has the effect of connecting one with the subconscious section of the mind, and the subconscious sections of the minds of allies. This fact may explain many of the seemingly miraculous results obtained through the Master Mind.
The Ultimate Real-Life Example
Let us turn back the pages of time for nearly half a century and have a look at a family whose Master Mind relationship resulted in the building of a great industrial empire which now gives profitable employment to millions of men and women.
The scene opens in the kitchen of their humble home. The husband has set up a roughly constructed model of a petrol engine. His wife is feeding petrol into the engine, a drop at a time, with the aid of an eye dropper. The husband is manipulating the spark plug with which he hopes to ignite the petrol. After weeks of tireless effort – tireless because it has been supported with love – the petrol ignites and the flywheel of the crude engine begins to turn. There was no money behind this experiment; nothing behind it except the definiteness of purpose of two people who had formed a Master Mind alliance for the fulfilment of that purpose.
And there was no promise of immediate or direct monetary compensation behind the experiment. But as a result of this continuous effort, the model was perfected and the first practical self-propelled vehicle ever built in America became a reality. Then the Master Mind alliance was extended to include skilled mechanics and a few friends and acquaintances who contributed small amounts of working capital for the production of cars. Today, the production of cars has reached fantastic proportions in comparison with its humble beginnings, the product of that two-unit Master Mind partnership.
The man behind that production is one of the 500 from whose life experiences the philosophy of individual achievement was organised, and one hardly needs to be reminded that his name was Henry Ford. As the Ford production grew, the Ford Master Mind was increased until it included a veritable army of mechanics, engineers, chemists, researchers, financial experts, a sales force and many other types of skilled labour, all of which are essential for so extensive an operation. Through his Master Mind alliance, Henry Ford multiplied his own brain by many thousands. Without this alliance, he could not have carried on his vast industrial activities. It will continue to endure because the power it provides benefits all whom it affects.
Way Ahead
Remember, no Master Mind alliance can endure unless it benefits all whom it affects. Look well to the purpose of your Master Mind alliance before you begin it, you who see power through the cooperation of human endeavour. If you would have enduring power, be sure that it is applied to ends that benefit all who are affected by it. Power may be very dangerous or it may serve to glorify certain people, according to the way it is used. The Master Mind is the way to great power; and like all other forms of power, it is subject to either a positive or a negative application by those who wield it.
Every great philosopher, from the days of Plato, Aristotle and Socrates on down to the days of William James and Ralph Waldo Emerson, also recognised it and called attention to it. Electricity will do our work, provided we adapt ourselves to its nature; but it may also snuff out life if it is applied for that purpose. The imagination cannot conceive any good that may not be converted to destructive ends. Food is necessary for the maintenance of life, and it is good when properly used. But the wrong use of food, or too much food, will do as much harm as will the most potent poison.
You now have an understandable interpretation of the greatest source of personal power – the Master Mind. The responsibility for its right use is yours. Use it as Henry Ford did and you will be blessed, as he was, with the privilege of occupying great space in the world. (Excerpt is from ‘Master Key to Riches’ by Napoleon Hill).
