SECRET OR STRATEGY... THINK ABOUT SUCCESS

‎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.
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‎As important both are, they do not inevitably guarantee success.
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‎So what does? In my opinion, it is LEVERAGE.
And I quoted that
‎Archimedes once said “Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough and I shall move the earth.”
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‎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?

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‎Definitely the one with leverage.
‎You may call it nepotism or whatever, but it’s a reality in life.
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‎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.
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‎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.
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‎So what can? Proximity to greatness, or in other words, leverage.
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‎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.
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‎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.
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‎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.
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‎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.
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‎By the time Carnegie eventually launched his own ventures in steel and iron, he had already accumulated both practical experience and a powerful network.

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‎From being a poor immigrant Scottish boy, he rose to become one of the richest men in American history.
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‎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.
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‎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.
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‎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.
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‎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.
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‎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.
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You're reading from your handsome friend John Petra.
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