US post-war politician Charles F. Brannan talked about the magic of sharing what you know:
“If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”
And in your 21st century coaching or consulting business, there’s nothing like solid masterminding and collaboration with your peers to accelerate progress.
We have a weekly live meet-up for the CIB community, and every time one of the CIBlings talks about a project, prospect or client, at least one (usually more) of the others jumps in with an idea:
- Why don’t you ask them this?
- Let me share my take on it
- I have a doc that might be useful
- This is what I did in your situation
- Let’s have a chat about this
You can trigger this kind of interaction yourself right now.
Take a look round your network today and identify five people doing work where you might be able to help.
Reach out to them and say, hey, I might have an idea for you. Let’s jump on a quick call and see if I can share anything useful.
On the call, make sure to mention what you’re working on too, and ask for their take.
You’ll come away with at least one more idea each, almost out of nowhere.
See you around,
Jonny
PS: I’m cooking up something big for the start of next month. It’s called the Corporate Consulting Launch Pack, and it’s the A-Z blueprint for everything you need to do to win your first lucrative corporate engagement. It’s priced so you can afford it, and you won’t want to miss it.
Reply with “CCLP” and I’ll make sure you get a personal note from me when it’s ready