Most people would agree that a shared interest, bond, or meeting of the minds on a particular subject or project of common interest can produce success quicker and with more certainty.

If you have a Think And Grow Rich mind set and so do your associates, then you can see how this energy producing combination is the catapult that takes you over the top in professional, financial and personal endeavors.

You can see how the combined brain power of an inventor plus a marketing representative can make a success of an idea perhaps only they thought would work.

There are very few people who do everything themselves when it comes to launching a new product or concept.

You may have heard parts of this story before but did not know that it contains a Think And Grow Rich philosophy.

It is a well known fact that Henry Ford began his business career under the handicap of poverty, illiteracy, and ignorance. It is equally well known that within the inconceivably short period of ten years, Mr. Ford mastered these three handicaps and that within twenty five years he made himself one of the richest men in America.

Now, added to these facts the additional knowledge that Mr. Fords personal rapid strides became noticeable from the time he became a friend of Thomas. A. Edison and you will begin to understand what the influence of one mind upon another can accomplish.

Going a step farther, consider the fact that Mr. Fords most outstanding achievements began from the time that he formed the aquaintances of Harvey Firestone, John Burroughs and Luther Burbank who each were men of great brain capacity and you will have further evidence that power may be produced through a friendly alliance of minds.

There is little doubt that Henry Ford was one of the best informed men when it came to the business and industrial world. The question of his wealth needs no discussion.That is like debating Bill Gates wealth.

Analyze Mr.Fords intimate personal friends, some of whom have already been mentioned and you will be prepared to understand the following statement.

Humans take on the nature and the habits and the power of thought of those with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony.

Perhaps you recognize it said this way. You become like those you hang around with.

Through the Think And Grow Rich mind set, Henry Ford whipped poverty, illiteracy and ignorance by allying himself with great minds whose vibrations of thought he came to know and use.

Through his association with Edison, Burbank, Burroughs and Firestone, Ford added his own brain power to the sum of all his contacts . This was making use of what we now call the MasterMind principle.

The experience, intelligence, resources, contacts, knowledge and spiritual forces of these four men was the combined sum of all their brain power at work for a common goal. Each one of these men, took something positive from their association with each other.

It is amazing what can happen with your own ideas when you open yourself up to asking and receiving the help you can gain from a group of people who are in your corner to brainstorm all the knowledge that each one brings to the table.

The table is the best place to get together when working on ideas, projects and concepts as it is a place of unity, comfort and promotes a closeness and intimacy for the powerful forces to come together.