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# Leverage
- URL: https://www.philsimon.com/leverage/
- Published: 2011-05-01T10:39:58.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-30T02:15:08.000Z
- Description: Are you using your advantages to their fullest extents?
- Author: Phil Simon
- Tags: Publishing

Leverage is a fickle thing. Consider the following:

- The company in a remote area has a tremendous amount of leverage of local employees, especially if the latter have no desire to learn new skills or move.
- The highly skilled employee weighing multiple offers can exert significant leverage over each prospective employer.
- The home seller has leverage over the buyer who becomes emotional, especially if the former doesn't have to move.
- The cable company has leverage over its customers, especially when local rules prohibit free choice (as is the case in my neighborhood).
- The author with a strong following is holding some strong cards over her publisher for her next book advance, especially since self-publishing is becoming an increasingly viable--and less stigmatized--option.

I could go on, but you get my point.

So, what are you doing to maximize your leverage?