You were taught that only those who "try harder than everyone else" achieve more money.

That is a lie I used to believe too.

You could earn $2000 a month working 12-hour days or…

Earn $10.000 a month working 4-hour days.

The truth is you don't have to work harder to make more money.

Hard work will take you so far. Smart work will take you wherever.

You don’t need more work. You don’t need more hours.

“Ok. What do you need then?”

Leverage.

If you are not familiar with it, it’s a life changing concept. I’ll explain further.

Insight

You need to multiply the impact of your efforts.

Leverage is the ability to use resources to amplify your results.

You need to do one effort that will considerably multiply your results.

Think about cars: they allow us to cover long distances in a fraction of the time, saving both energy and effort.

That’s what leverage does: achieve more results, in less time, with less effort involved.

We have 4 categories of leverage: Labor, Capital, Code and Media.

If you want to earn more and work less, you will need to benefit from one of these 4 leverage sources.

1 Labor

Using other people’s time and effort to achieve goals.

Example: Hiring employees, outsourcing tasks, or collaborating with a team.

2 Capital

This involves using money to generate more money.

Example: Investments, loans, and financial backing are forms of capital leverage.

3 Code

In today’s digital age, software is a game-changer.
Example: Automation, algorithms, and apps allow you to scale with minimal human input.

4 Media

Media amplifies your message through content like blogs, videos, podcasts, and social media.

Example: How one video can reach millions with minimal additional effort once created and posted on the internet.

If you don’t benefit from one of these categories, you will work your whole life because you will solely rely on your own work to make an income.

THIS IS A HUGE RISK.

We are human beings. Life happens to all of us.

You might get sick. You might suffer an accident. A loved one might die suddenly.

All of those things will affect your performance and availability to work. If you rely only on yourself to make an income, you might perform badly, have trouble showing up and ruin your income source.

The less you depend solely on yourself to make an income, the better.

That’s why you should diversify, outsource and develop multime income streams.

Leverage is inevitable for growth.

If you sell a service and start to get demands from hundreds of clients, you will need to hire people to outsource that work - because you won’t have the time anymore.

If you make a good amount of money from your work, to grow it even more you will need to invest it on other endeavors to make further profits.

If your service business grow so much that you can’t outsource for people anymore or you want to cut costs to maximize profit, you will need a code or software that solves the problem of your clients with an automated solution.

If you want even more people to know your business, you will need media to put your name out there to grow the brand and attract more customers.

As you can see, if you don’t use leverage you will hit a plateau in your productivity.

That’s why it’s the key to the next stage of your financial journey.

Unless you want to be a slave to your own work, you need to outsource, develop better systems and resources to take the work off your hands.

This is not about being lazy, but multiplying your productivity and making more time for yourself, your loved ones and other endeavors you might want to pursue.

Life isn’t just about work.

Unfortunately, most people don’t apply leverage and their whole life become just work.

Actionable Step

Fundamentally I believe the actionable step to apply leverage is ask yourself the following:

"How can I increase my productivity while reducing my workload?"

You can apply the knowledge about the categories of leverage and choose which will fit better on your situation - labor, capital, code or media. What I recommend you to do is:

• Automate, Delegate, Eliminate: automate repetitive tasks with AI tools or softwares for content creation, customer service or analytics. Delegate tasks to others or hire freelancers for specific jobs. Eliminate unnecessary tasks that don’t contribute to your goals.

• Build Systems, Not Just Goals: Create systems that support consistent progress—set up routines, checklists, and templates. Abide by the system you create and update it overtime to compliment your goals.

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🢒 Speak Your Mind

Let me know what you thought about it.

Where you familiar with the concept of leverage before today? How are you applying leverage in your life? How do you plan to apply it in the future?

If you have any questions or comments, just reply to this email or send a message on Instagram. I’d love to hear from you.

We are coming to an end.

It was really nice writing about this theme. I am very interested about it.

I hope this is useful to you and you can get more money with it, and most importantly, more time.

Best regards,

James - Founder of Mastery Mode

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