Career stagnation rarely comes from lack of effort. Most people work harder, improve skills, and deliver consistent results—yet stop progressing.
The missing skill is leverage thinking: the ability to amplify impact without proportionally increasing effort.
They ask different questions. Not “How can I do this better?” but “How many people benefit if I do this once?” Not “Can I solve this?” but “Can this be solved permanently?”
Without leverage, performance has a ceiling. You can only work so many hours, handle so many tasks, manage so much complexity alone.
Leverage comes from systems, documentation, automation, delegation, and teaching. It often feels slower at first. Writing a guide takes longer than answering questions. Building a process takes longer than fixing issues manually.
But once leverage exists, effort compounds.
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