As I draft and refine my thoughts on Leverage for my blog post, I chat with my friend Kay about the key ideas I’m wrestling with and trying to put across.

Trying to get things done and pursuing a long-term goal can be daunting. You are aiming at an eventuality that is still quite far off. You have a sense of where you are going but don’t know quite know how to get there. You see the mountain top, the main goal you are trying to accomplish, but you are still far off. You have started by doing it badly, but that’s just step one of hundreds of steps to get there. Is there a way of thinking, a way of acting, that allows the actions we take to build on each other, to gain momentum, and build into a giant snowball racing furiously to our destination? I think there is, and it’s a combination of strategic thinking and aiming for the domino effect.