***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.