Leverage comes in all forms.
If I had six hours to cut down a tree, I would spend the first five sharpening the axe.
Most people don’t think too much about leverage. Yet, it grants you options in all realms but it only works if you take action.
Walking away from any table, at any time, is the highest form of leverage.
It can come as money, information, people you know, or something else entirely. All the money is made between the lines. Leverage is the edge that lets you move freely on the chessboard while others aren’t even looking.
Yellow cars pass you every day; if you decide to look for them, you’ll see them. You think 3 steps ahead and you know it will work.
Saying no is the greatest gift: it means owning your time completely. Think of it as the cheat code to the universe. Apply it, and you’ll find an inner state of peace and independence.
“The truth is rarely heard, but mostly seen.” — Baltasar Gracián