State Leverage: Doing the Right Things in the Right Order

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1000

Ordinary people often overvalue “hard work.” Especially in today’s era of intense competition, many companies default to the belief that increasing efficiency requires everyone to work harder and spend more time. While effort may be a necessary condition, if you only think about working hard all day, you are missing the bigger picture.

Hard work is more like a scalar—it only has intensity. Action, however, has at least three components: direction, timing, and sequence.

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State Leverage: Doing the Right Things in the Right Order