Mastermind Overview

Expect to spend approximately one (1) hour completing this application.

The ImBlackInTech™ Global Mastermind is for eight (8) individuals, anywhere around the globe, who are mentally and emotionally prepared to leave it all on the table for the next 12 months in their lives and their businesses. The program is not exclusive to "tech" entrepreneurs, but it is exclusive to members of ImBlackInTech Membership Network.

The mastermind is not strictly business focused, as we dive deep into every aspect of the thinking and planning necessary to live a balanced and fulfilled life, where our businesses work for us, not vice versa. In total, the mastermind includes structures that have participants assess and plan around what it will take to produce satisfaction and happiness in 24 unique areas of our lives, including business, personal finances, relationships (family, friends, business, significant other), health, and more.

The focus of the wolf pack is on the three C's, Community (wolf pack), Constraints (documented weekly actions + public group check-ins on promises vs actions, revenues and business outcomes) and Consequence (fines for late / incomplete weekly updates, late arrival to or missing weekly call, etc). We've seen consistently that within a very short period of time, all aspects of the mastermind with measurable consequences attached to them for not keeping our word have almost 100% completion rates every week, without fail.

This is not a surprise. Human beings are wired to respond to the threat of losing something more acutely than we will the desire to gain something we say we want. In #IntentionMastery, we don't fight against our base human instincts, we embrace them. We've designed our entire program inside of an understanding of how human beings are wired to respond, at the core. We manufacture an environment that systematically hacks that predictable response in our brains and our bodies, to force ourselves into a state of extreme focus on the things that matter most in our personal and professional lives, week by week. This process deliberately aligns our thoughts, words and actions in a way that makes us exponentially more likely to produce the outcomes we desire in the areas of life that matter most to us, including, but not limited to our businesses.

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The wolf pack is not about "good intentions" or the benign and powerless narrative of "trying to do better," it is about INTENTION MASTERY. This is a manufactured environment that forces us to focus, think accurately, document and complete the actions, every single week, that WE DEFINE as the most important for us to complete in our businesses and our lives. We narrow that down into three specific areas:

1) ONE Weekly "Intentional Action"
- The intentional action forces us to consciously define and complete ONE purposeful action in an area of life that matters to us, such as family, relationships, physical health, personal finances, etc, that in the inertia of our daily busy lives, we simply would not have taken the time to think about or take action on otherwise.

2) ONE Weekly "Most Important Thing"
- The most important thing forces us, every single week, to mindfully think through what the ONE absolute most important thing is that we need to accomplish over the next 7 days, whether it is an action, or an outcome dependent on a number of other actions and outcomes, and bring accurate thinking and planning to it.

3) ONE Weekly "Moonshot"
- The moonshot forces us to consistently press ourselves to think big, and make it a weekly routine to make invitations, offers and requests that are way outside of our comfort zone, to centers of influence who we have zero expectation of ever responding to us...but in the off chance that they do, opportunities open up for our businesses that we would have never considered were possible.

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On a weekly basis, if any wolf pack member does not document and complete these three (3) things, they receive a "consequence strike," and are fined for each occurrence that they do not keep their word to themselves, and take these three (3) actions that THEY SAID were foundational to moving their business and life forward in the most meaningful way that week. Holding ourselves to a tangible, measurable and painful consequence when we don't keep our word to ourselves, every single week, FORCES US to do one of three things:

1) CREATE A NEW STANDARD FOR OURSELVES WITH RESPECT TO OUR RELATIONSHIP TO OUR WORD
- Immediately bring a heightened level of accurate thinking, planning, preparation and diligence to what we promise, why we promise it, when we promise it, and whether or not we can actually complete what we promise, every single week, and an extreme commitment to taking actions, every single week, that are consistent with the promises we make to ourselves

2) QUIT
- Bring inaccurate and incomplete thinking, planning, preparation and diligence to the promises we make in those three areas each week, do not take actions consistent with our promises, and get fined repeatedly. In this case, the literal cost of continued participation eventually becomes too high, and instead of raising the bar on themselves, that participant quits to relieve the pressure of their inability to keep their word to themselves on the things they say are most important to their business and life

3) GET REMOVED
- Bring inaccurate and incomplete thinking, planning, preparation and diligence to the promises we make in those three areas each week, do not take actions consistent with our promises, and get fined repeatedly. After continued disregard for taking actions consistent with the promises they make with themselves, week after week, if the cost of the fines do not have them quit, the participant will be removed, as this ethic is inconsistent with the type of individuals we want participating with the wolf pack

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This structure is not the "right way" to do things, it's just a way we've found that aligns thoughts, words and actions in practical reality. #IntentionMastery cultivates extreme rigor in keeping the promises we make to ourselves, and by default, the promises we make to others. When we do that, producing the outcomes we desire becomes second nature, across many areas of life.

A level of commitment this extreme to a structure so rigorous around documenting promises, outcomes, and keeping your word to yourself in all aspects IS NOT A FIT FOR EVERYONE. If it feels like a fit for you, please complete your application now.

No matter what, please remember this one thing. None of us can do this alone, and to try to do so is naive. Whether it's with ImBlackInTech, or another group, do yourself a favor - find your wolf pack.

At Your Service,
Thomas K.R. Stovall & Jason V. Stewart
Founding Partners: ImBlackInTech™

ImBlackInTech™ Global Mastermind (8 participants): 1 Year | $1,800/qtr ($7,200/yr)

1) Asana #IntentionMastery Mastermind MTDL Workspace

• • The Master To Do List (MTDL) workspace gives you a structure to categorize, rank, prioritize, schedule and assign the daily actions to yourself and your actual team members, that need to happen daily in the business as it relates to every aspect of your company (blueprinting of the transaction, marketing and customer attraction, sales, contracting, fulfillment, completion, assessment)

2) "Omnigap" Action Daily Tracker

• • Spreadsheet tracks completion of your Omnigap action each and every day, which is the ONE MOST IMPORTANT action you can take each day, specifically to move you toward your exact revenue goal for that month

3) Mastermind Slack Channel

• • For daily communication with the rest of the members of your mastermind group about business and personal matters

4) Mastermind "Leader Board"

• • Trending score card weekly of who in the mastermind group is leading the pack with regard to consistent actions and measurable outcomes for their company. Each month's winner gets a special surprise from the group

5) Team Weekly Action Tracker

• • Focuses across various areas of life, personally and professionally, to ensure that we are living a BALANCED life. Promises, actions and outcomes from the spreadsheet are reviewed each week

6) Weekly Mastermind Call Each Monday Morning
Mastermind call covers the following:

• • Each participant shares their most important thing to complete for that upcoming week, and an update on the most important thing they said they needed to complete the previous week
• • Each participant takes 60 seconds to share their one (1) high and one (1) low for the previous week, personally or professionally
• • On each call, we have 1 mastermind member in the hot seat, with no warning as to who it will be, and the entire brain trust of the group goes to work on helping them solve the absolute biggest challenge they have in their business at that time

Please note that application for the mastermind does not mean automatic acceptance. All applications are reviewed in the order they are received.

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ImBlackInTech™ Global Mastermind (8 participants): 1 Year | $1,800/qtr ($7,200/yr)

Acceptance and participation includes the following:

1) Asana #IntentionMastery Mastermind MTDL Workspace

• • The Master To Do List (MTDL) workspace gives you a structure to categorize, rank, prioritize, schedule and assign the daily actions to yourself and your actual team members, that need to happen daily in the business as it relates to every aspect of your company (blueprinting of the transaction, marketing and customer attraction, sales, contracting, fulfillment, completion, assessment)

2) "Omnigap" Action Daily Tracker

• • Spreadsheet tracks completion of your Omnigap action each and every day, which is the ONE MOST IMPORTANT action you can take each day, specifically to move you toward your exact revenue goal for that month

3) Mastermind Slack Channel

• • For daily communication with the rest of the members of your mastermind group about business and personal matters

4) Mastermind "Leader Board"

• • Trending score card weekly of who in the mastermind group is leading the pack with regard to consistent actions and measurable outcomes for their company. Each month's winner gets a special surprise from the group

5) Weekly Tracking Spreadsheet

• • Focuses across various areas of life, personally and professionally, to ensure that we are living a BALANCED life. Promises, actions and outcomes from the spreadsheet are reviewed each week

6) Weekly Mastermind Call Each Monday Morning
Mastermind call covers the following:

• • Each participant shares their most important thing to complete for that upcoming week, and an update on the most important thing they said they needed to complete the previous week
• • Each participant takes 60 seconds to share their one (1) high and one (1) low for the previous week, personally or professionally
• • On each call, we have 1 mastermind member in the hot seat, with no warning as to who it will be, and the entire brain trust of the group goes to work on helping them solve the absolute biggest challenge they have in their business at that time

***WARNING***
THIS IS A CONSEQUENTIAL OFFER – READ THIS SECTION IN FULL BEFORE YOU SUBMIT!!!

Congratulations, you have successfully completed your application. All that's left to do is hit the submit button. Before you do, you need to understand that this is a very important moment, and you don't get a do-over, so read fully.

We shared with you on the first page of the application just how serious we are about the mastermind, and that we urge you to apply, if and only if you are 100% mentally prepared for a program this rigorous, and can support the financial and time commitment of the mastermind.

This moment right now will be your first experience of us demonstrating how we move beyond good intentions in our business, and design what we call "consequential offers," such that there is a consequence built in for potential clients who do not respect our time. You will learn to do this with your offers as well, because whether it is seen or unseen, there is always a cost to your career identity, and your pocket book, for wasting the time, energy and/or resources of high value people and organizations that you may intend to transact with, now or in the future.

So here's how it works - prior to the final yes, you draw a line in the sand. The client must re-affirm their intention to move forward, in full knowledge of all aspects of the commitment they are making, including but not limited to what saying "YES" means as it relates to their financial investment, time investment, etc.

We'll give you the second, most important aspect of making a "consequential offer" on the next page...

What you're about to experience is a psychological principle called "commitment and consistency." We encourage you to google it for your own reference, but said simply, it is a powerful weapon of influence. Commitment and consistency is a principle that impacts an individual's fundamental view of themselves on an unconscious level, and based on small choices they make, has them begin to view themselves as "the kind of person who __________." This new view of themselves makes them more susceptible to accepting invitations, offers and requests centered around whatever narrative is in that blank.

Commitment and consistency is silently working on us all day, every day, in our natural lives, as it relates to choices we make about our careers, our finances, our businesses, our health, our relationships, and countless other areas of life. It's an unavoidable bi-product of how our brains are wired, and once it takes hold, the unconscious narratives that begin forming deep in our minds start to shape the small choices we make in those different areas of life, including our conscious thoughts, our words, our actions, and our interpretations of things being said and done to us.

It's not an evil trick, it's just how our brains are wired. However, some practitioners of influence use this principle quite successfully, to coerce people to say "yes" to their invitations, offers and requests. We do not. While we study and train around the principles of making highly effective invitations, offers and requests, we use our knowledge of this domain to empower you to quickly get to CHOICE and be empowered in it, regardless of whether that choice is yes or no.

So here's the rub, people say yes to things all the time, with all the intentions on keeping their word, but then the wind blows in a different direction, and so does their "commitment." We don't want people in our mastermind who don't have a strong relationship to their word, because what we know is that if you're out to accomplish major things, you must be someone who consistently makes big promises, and keeps them.

So how do we eliminate the individuals who may be applying, but are not a fit? By making an offer that has "consequences" for them if they say yes, then back out and don't keep their word, which wastes our time, and that of other participants and applicants.

On the previous page, you may have selected the "PLEASE REVIEW MY APPLICATION" box, and in doing so, asserted that you were ready to participate in the mastermind, if accepted. This obligates our time to review your application, and consider you as a serious applicant. If we get to the end of that review process, make you an offer to participate, and after all that work, you THEN decide not to move forward, our time has been wasted.

Here's how we make this offer for application in the mastermind consequential. On this page, if you again select YES for us to review your application now, and we go through the process to review your application, approve your application, make you an offer to participate in the mastermind, and then you choose to not move forward and participate due to time, money, or any other consideration outside of unforeseeable tragedies or acts of God, that you could have gotten clear on prior to applying, we will never make you an offer to participate in another advanced ImBlackInTech program. When we say never, we do mean NEVER.

However, if after second thought, you're now not quite so sure that you're ready to have us review your application for this next mastermind, the appropriate thing to do is make the selection for us to keep your application on hold, but NOT review it at this time, so we don't waste our time, or yours, if you know you're not 100% ready.

How commitment and consistency works on you right now is no matter what your final submission is, YOU know what you selected on page 1.

• If after a substantial consequence for not keeping your word was introduced into your consideration set, you now backpedaled and decided that you're not ready, you now know that you weren't fully committed, even though you thought you were. You have to deal with that psychologically, and decide whether or not you want to continue being the person who says they are committed to having the things they want, but when faced with big challenges, and big consequences for not keeping their word, turns right around and goes the other direction. If you're that person, this moment becomes an opportunity to shift that, and know yourself in a new, more empowering way.

• If you were a yes on page 1, and you're still a yes, you now get to EXPERIENCE yourself as someone who is committed and unwavering to that commitment of producing the life they want, even when they may have to put something big at risk to do so.

• If you were the person who was a no, and you're still a no, you get to experience yourself as an accurate thinker, who is appropriately doing proper due diligence before obligating their time, money and focus to people and organizations that they are not 100% sure about.

No matter what you choose, this process is designed to have you make a fully thought out, deliberate choice, and be 100% grounded in it. Our goal is not for you to say "yes" unless the program is 100% a fit for you. Our goal is that no matter what, you make whatever selection you make feeling empowered.

Our hope is that in going through this process, no matter how it tuns out, you have learned something new that you can actively use in your business, and your life.