In 200 B.C in Greece, a Greek man named Archimedes
made a wonderful discovery, that by the use of levers, it’s possible to move
large objects with little force and he was known to boast; give me a lever and
I can move the earth (cocky guy). Lever is the root word for leverage. Just as
Archimedes was able to move large objects by fixing a small lever, doing more
with less. Theoretically, business leverage follows the same principle, of
doing more with less.
HISTORY OF
LEVERAGE
The concept of leverage has developed over time,
long before Archimedes started using levers; man has being using one form of
leverage or the other. During the Stone Age man invented fire, and fire was a
very powerful leverage that could be use for different purposes, to cook, keep
warm during winter and for war. Than man moved to the Agrarian Age, than man discovered the
powerful leverage of animal power, horses where used for long distance travel,
bulls where used for farming. Then came the medieval time, gun powder and big
boats became the new leverage, the country with bigger guns and ships conquered
the world. And with the coming of the technological age the radio, television,
air planes, trains and automobiles became the new leverage. Today in the
information age we have the mobile phone, oil and the biggest thing to hit this
world the INTERNET.
BUSINESS LEVERAGE
The greatest business leverage there is, is the
human mind. The human mind has being in existence through out the ages, it is
the source of all other invented leverages. Everything around us testify to the power of the mind, from the
cloths we wear, the computers we use, the houses we live in, in fact everything
is the product of the mind.
Understanding business leverage means using the
power of the mind productively, in developing strategic business ideas for
financial profitability.
How to develop the mind as a powerful business
leverage will be discussed in proceeding articles.
Thank you for reading this article.
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