Hey pals, trust me when I said that I’ve found the greatest secret to success and it’s not hard work or smart work. Please stay with me as we discuss further through writing.
As important both are, they do not inevitably guarantee success.
So what does? In my opinion, it is LEVERAGE.
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Archimedes once said “Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I shall move the earth.”
Take for instance: Two people are trying to get a job; equally gifted, equally talented with equal social skills; but one of them went to school with someone on the board of directors in that company. Who’s going to get the job?
Definitely the one with leverage.
You may call it nepotism or whatever, but it’s a reality in life.
For instance, one-third of the 989 billionaires in America are from the very same families. Meaning the wealth is only circulated among a few elites.
It is often said that only about 2% of the world’s population control about 90% of the world’s wealth.
So going to school and all those other advantages cannot inevitably guarantee your entering into that elite class.
So what can? Proximity to greatness, or in other words, leverage.
Even in the bible, when God wants to change someone’s life, He brings that person into close proximity with greatness and gives them a value that they can offer that greatness. And this is what you should be thinking of.
In the context of Joseph and Pharaoh, I call this value “interpreting dreams”.
For you, this value of interpreting dreams might not be a supernatural gift, it can just be an administrative skill.
Andrew Carnegie was just a man operating a telegraph machine. But his skill as an operator got him noticed by Thomas A Scott, a railroad executive who became a source of leverage for him.
Scott brought him into more administrative and managerial responsibilities within the railroad system.
This was how Carnegie gained firsthand exposure to large-scale industrial coordination, finance, and infrastructure management.
By the time Carnegie eventually launched his own ventures in steel and iron, he had already accumulated both practical experience and a powerful network.
From being a poor immigrant Scottish boy, he rose to become one of the richest men in American history.
This is a powerful example of what leverage can give you.
I tell you one thing for sure: many successful people still have a lot more to offer, but their burdens are too large.
They are looking for people that they can trust with their signet rings, who can then be in charge while they can focus on other things.
When you can go to a great person offering strategies for making their greatness easier, and their burdens lighter; this is the greatest way to access leverage.
And it’s a symbiotic relationship.
You make their burdens lighter and then they change your life with ease. That’s when you know that money is nothing to some people.
Don’t go to great people begging. Find a way to make their work easier and then they’d value you as much as they value them, change your life and they’d do it with pleasure.
You're reading from your handsome friend John Petra.
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