tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13253084.post4225447727845530157..comments2023-12-17T20:55:13.072+03:00Comments on Don Veto - Reviews and Words of Wisdom: How to Talk Like a Consultant and be paid $1000 plus dailydon_vetohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02217869839648382601noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13253084.post-62790836635117475002012-02-27T18:35:43.881+03:002012-02-27T18:35:43.881+03:00Leverage... that's one that always gets me. I ...Leverage... that's one that always gets me. I wonder how many people remember there are three kinds of levers (simple machines, physics 101)? Leverage is the force you apply by using a lever, as in "We used leverage to lift the fallen tree off the poor hiker's broken leg. First we pushed a stone over near the tree, then we used a big stick as a lever with the stone as the fulcrum... The tree never would have come up otherwise... and we could get the hiker out that way without further injury."<br /><br />When I hear other people using "leverage" as a verb ('We're leveraging....') it makes me cringe. It shows laziness on the speaker's/writer's part. It's taking a shortcut around clear speaking, and it seems like it's usually done because people don't REALLY know what they're actually talking about. If they did, they could explain well and still be concise. As in, “I'm sorry this letter is so long, I didn't have time to make it shorter.”-Quote attributed to Blaise Pascal, Mark Twain, and others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com