How To Use 4 Forms Of
Business Leverage
To Scale From
6 To 7 Figures

At 2X, we are all about building world-class systems — and there's a reason. Systems are a key form of business leverage because they allow you to perform any task (or series of tasks) in a repeatable, time-efficient, and scalable manner.

Systems save you enormous amounts of time and allow you to get far more done with that time. They're possibly the biggest single form of business leverage that exists. And once you have a system dialed in, you can almost always delegate it to someone else — which is where the real compounding begins.

As the leader of your business, you determine its success. The decisions you make and the tasks you perform impact everything. But you only have so much time to achieve so much. You need to delegate as much as possible — and you can't do that confidently without systems that ensure the work gets done the right way, every time.

Systems don't just make your life easier — they break down every task clearly so anyone on your team can execute it step by step. You can even automate parts of the process to eliminate human error. And you do all of this with confidence, because it's a system you created and proven. Rather than doing it yourself — or micromanaging — you empower others to own the task. More time for you. More time to make more money and scale to the next level.

One of the best forms of business leverage — hands down — is OPT: Other People's Time. Each day you get 1,440 minutes, the same as Elon Musk, Oprah, and Jeff Bezos. The question isn't how much time you have. It's how you leverage other people's.

I learned this directly from a mentor who had built a $100 million+ consultancy. When I asked him what the key is to scaling past 7 figures, his answer was immediate:

His advice was to hire amazing talent, then use and leverage their time to take your business from good to great. This mirrors the research in Geoff Smart and Randy Street's bestselling book WHO — they interviewed 20+ billionaires and 300+ CEOs, and 52% said management talent was the single biggest factor in building a successful business. Not tools. Not products. Not marketing. People.

Hiring a world-class team of A-players allows you to leverage their time, skills, energy, and experience simultaneously.

But this comes back to having the right systems in place first. As talented as your team is, they need direction. They need you to let go and step back. You need to empower them to do their best work. Systems provide people the foundation to do exactly that — which is why these first two forms of leverage are so tightly linked. Get both right, and you win the game.

You need to know your numbers. Optics give you clarity and power — they allow you to make better decisions, faster. Without data, you're making blind decisions:

• You rely only on gut instinct
• You make assumptions
• You are prone to bias
• You see only what you want to see

With the numbers in front of you, it's black and white. It shows you the truth. It gives you the facts you need to make the right call — every time.

Most entrepreneurs check their numbers only when they have to — when an issue arises or their accountant asks for something. In the early days, you can get away with this. But you cannot build a 7-figure business on blind luck. You need to base every significant decision on the data in front of you.

Keith Cunningham — who has worked with Tony Robbins, T. Harv Eker, and Robert Kiyosaki — says one of the biggest forms of business leverage is measuring. Measure the numbers, review the data, look at the optics. The numbers set you free and show you the truth.

This is what wealthy, successful business owners do. They use data as their edge — making quicker, better decisions, wasting less time, and making more money on the back of it. One of our clients scaled from 7 to 8 figures simply by going all in on data. They became market leaders because they knew their numbers when nobody else did. Once you reach high six figures, it's not about reinventing the wheel — it's about optimizing what you already have. Better decisions mean more money. Faster decisions mean more money.

This one's a double-edged sword. You may need to leverage Systems, People, and Data before you have the cash flow to leverage money effectively. But once you do have capital available, it's one of the most powerful forms of leverage going.

Your job as a business owner isn't to make money and hide it in a savings account. Your role is to turn $1 into $2. This turns your business into an ATM machine — one that allows you to scale at a speed that may be hard to fully imagine right now.

I see it constantly. I've experienced it myself as the zeros in my bank account have grown. And I see it through our clients at 2X — those who scale quickly month after month because they have all four forms of leverage working together:

Leveraging Systems, People, and Data produces more money — which you reinvest back into the business to make even more. It's a beautiful self-feeding cycle that removes you from the six-figure hamster wheel for good and propels you past 7 figures at a speed that surprises most people.

These 4 forms of leverage continue to work once you reach 7 figures. They don't just get you there — they keep you scaling quickly and effectively. You may find you reach from 7 to 8 figures in half the time it took to make your first $100k. Sounds crazy — but this is the power of the compound effect. Something small creates huge momentum, as long as you keep making consistent and gradual improvements. This is what business leverage is all about: find something that works, leverage it, and repeat it.