Hey Julie!

Thanks for joining this scintillating discussion on Leverage! Just be warned that fully utilizing the power of leverage, or even talking about it for that matter, can get your blood boiling, heart pumping, and all sorts of other fun stuff :)

With that important disclaimer, I proceed :)

Great visual you had about Hawaii. My mind has already transformed me back to Maui where I was just a 2 short months ago (wistful sigh). Dien, what's your favorite spot on Hawaii? Isn't it just complete paradise over there?

In fact, as I alluded to in my last email, real estate is one of the most proven and powerful forms of leverage out there. So I'm sure you won't be surprised to hear that my mind is seriously gravitating back to the Maui condo concept we discussed...

Anyway, YOU do indeed practice leverage in your work, with great skill and precision. Articles have this amazing ability to take on a life of their own, and yours are certainly no exception. Now if we can just productize your '21 days' program as we've discussed, it'll be like leverage on steriods :)

Julie, thanks again for joining this discussion! I welcome additional thoughts from you, Dien, John, or any other "Closet Leveragers" out there!

All the best,

-Jesse

> Hello All!

> Wow, this (and other recent) discussions on
> Leverage have certainly gotten me thinking!

> I also had this vision, reading the
> interaction between Jesse and Dien, of you
> two having a deep discussion on business
> principles in a meeting somewhere in
> Hawaii...hey, its nice to have a vision to
> go towards, right? Seeing as you both
> appreciate Hawaii so much! What could be
> leveraged there?! *Putting on my thinking
> cap*

> Anyway, I digress!

> One of the ways I use Leverage actually
> combines some of the lines of thinking I
> have been integrating into my work through a
> piece from Gordon's Pictogrigm's on
> Finances. Looking at RESOURCES differently,
> such as TIME and MONEY and the "Stuff
> we Possess right NOW to create more
> abundance."

> As a writer, I take each piece that I write
> and use it in as many different forms as
> possible and make as many things from it as
> possible, thus leveraging a
> one-time-exercise into a much larger
> possibility.

> For example: whenever I write a Personal
> Development article, I publish it first in
> my ezine, Discovering Your Passion. Then I
> send it out to other publishers for use on
> their websites, ezines, etc. I also use the
> content of my article in my individual
> coaching sessions, teleclasses or
> audio-programs. I can use an article as a
> foundation of a chapter for a book or
> course. My tips articles are now being woven
> into a tips booklet.

> My articles also are one way I promote my
> services. They brand me. They have brought
> me opportunities to speak, to appear in
> publicity pieces, and I have made COUNTLESS
> connections with people ALL the world over
> from people who have read my work and
> connected with me from there.

> This week, as I have had a rather
> challenging time emotionally, my mailbox has
> continued to be filled with email from
> people who write thanking me for the impact
> my writing has had in their lives. Folks I
> have never met all over this planet tell me
> that what I have written has made a powerdul
> difference for them. This then creates MORE
> leverage for me because it provides fuel for
> me to keep on keeping on....

> Continuing the thinking process over here...

> With Purpose and Passion,

> JULIE JORDAN SCOTT