Leveraging your skill to create more time and financial freedom.
There are several definitions of leverage, perhaps the most important of them all, that I want to focus on in this short piece is the one you see circled in red in the image above.
According to Dictionary.com, leverage, amongst many other definitions can be described as using something to maximum advantage. This is the definition that I want you to focus on today.
I am a big fan of leverage, and in this context, I want you to ask yourself - What is that one skill that you have and can serve as leverage to get where you want to be - to create more time and financial freedom?
This generation has the greatest advantage that has never been seen before - we can literally reach however many people we want to reach with our thoughts and ideas using existing technology, and that capability is right in our palms.
When I started creating content online, all I wanted to do was share my ideas, hoping that it would reach a few hundred people. But in less than two years, my videos and writings have been watched and read by hundreds of thousands of people. It’s still crazy to me! As a result of this, I’ve been able to create multiple income streams that allow me to sit right here in a country just south of Montenegro, and north of Greece, typing this piece you’re reading right now.
That is LEVERAGE. Using my existing knowledge or skill for the betterment of other people, while getting rewarded for it.
Of course, things didn’t start out this way, but I kept at it. Even if you’re not sure right now what it is you want to leverage, start somewhere. Clarity comes only from doing, not by thinking about doing.
One way through which I have created a leveraged lifestyle is by packaging my knowledge about certain subjects that I am really good at into a digital product which I can then sell over and over again by simply doing the work one time.
But I get asked all the time - what type of products can I create? That’s why I’ve put together a resource - 10 Digital Product Ideas to Kickstart Your Online Success and you can download it here for free. I spent a lot of time putting this together and I’m certain that in it, you’ll find one idea that works for you.
So, start sharing your ideas with the world, it might just be your leverage.
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Also, If you want to listen to my conversation with people who have mastered leverage by creating businesses, check out the Nomad Entrepreneur Podcast.
Talk to you soon.