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b'In This Episode:\\n\\n\\n\\n* Why Startup Pregnant founder Sarah K. Peck started organizing mastermind groups & experiences before she was even a business owner* How Sarah facilitates conversation among group members for maximum results* Why mastermind groups are less about getting answers and more about getting in touch with your own inner knowing* The role that mastermind experiences play in her business today and how her business model is structured (including pricing)* Why structure is such an important part of creating highly effective mastermind groups\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nWhat would we do without the internet?\\n\\n\\n\\nI mean, really.\\n\\n\\n\\nI have access to a global library of information and ideas in my pocket at all times.\\n\\n\\n\\nIf I have a question, I can typically find an answer in less than 60 seconds.\\n\\n\\n\\nAnd how about online learning?\\n\\n\\n\\nIf I want to learn a new skill, there\\u2019s probably a YouTube video or a CreativeLive class or an ebook that will teach me what I need to know.\\n\\n\\n\\nIt\\u2019s probably impossible to quantify the amount of new skills I\\u2019ve picked up thanks to the internet.\\n\\n\\n\\nAnd how about the people that the internet brings together?\\n\\n\\n\\nYou know I love online communities, social networks, and just finding random connections between humans you would have otherwise never met.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe internet gives me access to people all over the world.\\n\\n\\n\\nInformation, ideas, learning new skills, meeting new people and connecting with old friends\\u2026 the internet, with all its faults and foibles, can be an incredible place for support.\\n\\n\\n\\nBut at some point, learning new information, acquiring new skills, and even meeting new people starts to come up short.\\n\\n\\n\\nAt some point, as my guest today says, you realize that their aren\\u2019t external answers to internal questions.\\n\\n\\n\\nYou realize that beyond access to the world\\u2019s information and citizens\\u2026 you need access to yourself: your own inner knowing.\\n\\n\\n\\nOne way I\\u2019ve gotten access to myself\\u2014my own inner knowing and decision-making\\u2014is through mastermind groups.\\n\\n\\n\\nLast year, at an in-person gathering of one of the masterminds that we run at What Works, one participant told me that they didn\\u2019t really need anyone to tell them what to do with their business. They knew exactly what they should be doing. Instead, they said they needed people to ask why they weren\\u2019t doing it.\\n\\n\\n\\nThat\\u2019s why they were in the mastermind group.\\n\\n\\n\\nTo me, that\\u2019s the perfect illustration of how a mastermind group can support business owners who are committed to\\u2014not just learning a new marketing skill or figuring out how to launch a new product\\u2014but to becoming a more whole entrepreneur and building a business that works exceptionally well.\\n\\n\\n\\nI\\u2019ve been running mastermind groups of one sort or another for about 5 years and I have a lot to say on the subject. But I didn\\u2019t want you to just get my thoughts\\u2026\\n\\n\\n\\nSo I invited someone equally as passionate about masterminding as I am, Sarah K. Peck, the founder of Startup Pregnant.\\n\\n\\n\\nSarah was on the show before talking about how the Startup Pregnant podcast got started\\u2014but the whole business and community of Startup Pregnant has evolved and grown a ton since then.'