Hey Friend​,

Wow! When I threw out this idea of only wanting to work with 100 people in 2020, I had NO IDEA how many would respond asking for a chance to work on a project with me.

I love that. I’m still working through those emails, but I wanted to go ahead and send this to you so you’d have all the info in one place.

Next year, the majority of my focus will be spent on working with a handful of people through my one-on-one work as a ghostwriter and book coach and by leading a mastermind of creative entrepreneurs called Portfolio People.

Portfolio People is a program we’ve been developing for the past four years, doing lots of trial-and-error to see what leads to lasting transformation in an individual. After trying a lot of things, our group has discovered three core values that help us grow more than anything else:

1. Total ownership. Whatever you do, whatever happens to you, whether you succeed or fail—the only way to affect the outcome of your life is to take 100% responsibility for it all. To make your success—and your failure—nobody else’s responsibility but your own. Until you do that, things will always feel out of your control and you won’t make any progress on your goals.
2. Accountability to others. We cannot grow without inviting others into our journey. Accountability doesn’t mean people are checking on you. It means you are consistently offering updates on where you are at, what you’re struggling with, and how you need help.
3. Bias towards action. We don’t learn from just gathering new information. We learn from doing, from trying and failing and trying again. So when presented with an opportunity to either act on what you know or gain just a little more information before taking action, acting is usually the better route to go. So many of us get stuck in a paralyzed state of analysis, and the way out is simply doing something.

Those three values have become the bedrock of the mastermind program and allow each member to continue growing.

What the mastermind entails:

• Group strategy session on goal-setting and planning for the year.
• Two in-person live events that last two days (typically Thursday and Friday from 8am-5pm) in the Spring and Fall. These are hosted in Franklin, TN. Your travel and lodging is not included in the cost of the program but breakfast and lunch each day are.
• Weekly video conference calls every Wednesday at 11am Central.
• Access to a private slack channel where you get to connect 24/7 to me, my team, the rest of the mastermind.
• Subscription to a private audio chat tool via Voxer that allows you to ask daily questions of the group.
• Quarterly check-ins with our leadership team to ensure you stay on track.

How it works:

1. You apply to join the mastermind and submit a $500 nonrefundable application fee. If you end up not being accepted, that $500 will go towards another program of your choosing.
2. I will call you to conduct a 30-minute screening interview.
3. I will send you an email (usually within a week or two of the interview) accepting you into the program or explaining why you weren’t a good fit or now just wasn’t a good time.
4. If you have been asked to join the group, you will still have an opportunity to accept the invitation or not. We will hold your spot fo 24 hours and then open it up to someone else if we don’t hear from you.
5. To accept the invitation to join the group, you will have to submit your first payment or pay for the year in full (and save 20%).
6. In December, we will meet online as a group to go over expectations for the upcoming year and help you clarify what you want to get out of the experience.
7. You will also be asked to join a group call this year to introduce yourself.
8. The program officially begins January 1!

The cost of the program is $600 per month or $6,000 for the year (the prices will be going up soon to $1,000/mo and $10,000 for the year). The $500 app fee you pay goes towards the total costs. There is also an online version for half that price.

Click here to start the application process: Portfolio People Application

Thanks,

Jeff

P.S. There are a few other ways to work with me including some one-on-one coaching and ghostwriting opportunities, but this will be the main way I’ll be working with folks. If this is outside your budget, I totally understand. Have no fear! I’ll be investing a lot more energy and time into creating free content for both the podcast and blog. Stay tuned!

P.P.S. If you have any questions, let me know. Just shoot me a reply. Thanks!