PART 3: LEVERAGE – (3 pgs.) – Champions Renaissance

LEVERAGE

A lever is a rigid bar supported at a point called a fulcrum. It transforms a small force into a larger one.

The pulley is also a lever. In Parallel Lives, Plutarch recounts how Archimedes told King Hiero of Syracuse that he could move the Earth if he had a foothold. The king asked for a demonstration.

They filled a ship with cargo and passengers. Archimedes, sitting some distance away, pulled a rope. To the king’s astonishment, he lifted the huge ship out of the water.

You need leverage to put into practice what you are learning here. Why? Because your paleocortex — and the irrationality around you — will fiercely oppose change.

Here are some suggestions:

Form a small play group of 4 with family and friends to study this book while playing the game.
Play once a week, for a couple of hours. Make it a habit.
Reflect on your productive-life goal for three months and write it in your Champion Constitution.

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Share it with the group to receive feedback, but defend your interests.
What is shared is private. Total discretion and respect are required to maintain trust. Constructive criticism is allowed only as suggestions. Do not use meetings to invade private life or for catharsis therapy.
The sole purpose of group meetings is to learn to use the tools of the 3-step method of the global educational movement. Nothing more, nothing less.
A rotating coordinator will lead the meetings.
Apart from playing, some meetings can check commitments, deadlines, and plans for your productive goals.
Keep a minute-book in a secret place.

The following is suggested for each member:

Buy a paper notebook, a pencil, and an eraser.
Write in the notebook for twenty minutes every day, preferably after waking. Find a place alone, without distractions. This is your moment to think strategically.
For acclimatization, read this book repeatedly and share what you learn with the group.
Use the numbered questions of the game to discover new connections. Write your discoveries and share them with the group.

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Play the game once a week and expand the debate using the bibliography.
Your productive goal must be a five-year term or more. Include the resources required — time, concentration, money — to achieve it.
Understand how rational morality helps you reach your goal.
Ensure your life goal is written with valid concepts connected to percepts.

When writing your productive goal, ask questions such as: Is my desire strong? Why this goal and not another? Does it respect the metaphysical tetrahedron? From what premises does my goal derive? Am I willing to pay the price — studying and creating new habits? Can I die happy without achieving it? Will I use all my talents in producing it?

Ask these questions and write the answers in your notebook, reviewing them for three months. Your destiny depends on it.

After defining your goal, make a five-year plan. Set annual and quarterly goals. Estimate costs considering your current reality. Put everything in a Gantt chart.

Summarize your plan on a single sheet and read it aloud every morning and night. The reading should take about one minute.

Once your goal and plan are complete, create a simple Excel Gantt chart. In columns, put weeks. In rows, list the core activities you need to complete. Estimate the time required for each.

Check your Gantt chart weekly. Evaluate your efficiency for the week. Summarize results and ask yourself what can be improved.

To summarize, the tools of the 3-step method used in your group are the leverage you need. If you are strong enough, you can do it alone. Find an hour each week to study undisturbed.

All of this is like paying the price to enjoy the reward.

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