It’s an American idea which hails back to the great industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and Henry Ford and brought to the word by Napoleon Hill in books like “Think & Grow Rich”.

The basic idea is that you are stronger when you’re supported by others who understand what you’re doing and have helpful experience and knowledge than if you try to go it alone, relying on the university of life to teach you.

Gentle peer pressure? I find the pressure builds up inside me as the next group gets closer and I’m going to have to say, Yes or No whether I achieved my goal and I don’t want to let the group and the process down – but the group itself is always supportive.