"My mission is to notice the asymmetries in the world and turn them into things that create value for humanity and bring glory to God"
Most people assume the world is roughly fair:
put in effort, get proportional results.
But that is not how the world actually works.
The world runs on asymmetries.
An asymmetry is a situation where a small input produces a disproportionately large output.
One idea can build a billion-dollar company.
One line of code can automate work that once took ten people.
One insight can save years of wasted effort.
When you notice these situations, you are looking at an asymmetry. Most of the time, they are hiding in plain sight.
Why do asymmetries matter? Because that is where progress comes from.
If every action produced equal results, civilization would barely move. We would push as hard as we could and still inch forward.
But asymmetries create leverage.
They allow one person, one idea, or one tool to multiply impact.
Archimedes captured this in a single sentence:
“Give me a lever long enough, and a place to stand, and I will move the earth.”
That is leverage from first principles.
A lever does not create force from nothing. It rearranges force through structure. With a longer arm and a stable pivot, the same input can produce a far greater output.
That is the pattern behind asymmetries.
You are not trying to push harder than everyone else. You are trying to find the right place to stand, the right pivot, and the right lever.
In modern work, that lever might be code, data, systems, media, or capital.
One useful model, automated once, can support thousands of decisions.
One piece of infrastructure, built well, can remove recurring friction for years.
One distribution channel can compound every future insight you publish.
From first principles, leverage is the conversion of small effort into large consequence through design.
Asymmetry is what that looks like when it works.
Technology is full of examples.
A developer writes software once, and millions of people use it. The work does not scale linearly. The effect does.
That is why startups exist at all. A small group of people finds an asymmetry, some inefficiency, some overlooked opportunity, and builds something that captures it.
Think about search engines.
Before them, finding information on the internet was slow and messy. Then an algorithm made the world’s knowledge searchable.
That is an asymmetry.
Or think about containers in global shipping.
Before standardized containers, moving goods between ships, trucks, and trains was chaotic and expensive. Then one simple standard helped global trade explode.
That is an asymmetry too.
The striking thing about asymmetries is that they rarely look impressive at first.
They often appear as small technical improvements, small insights, or minor process changes.
But once leverage kicks in, the effects compound.
That is where value comes from.
Not by pushing harder than everyone else, but by seeing what others have not noticed.
When someone finds an asymmetry and turns it into a product, system, or tool, value is created.
And when value is created at scale, prosperity follows.
A new tool saves millions of people time.
A better system lowers the cost of something everyone needs.
A new technology unlocks entirely new industries.
That is how societies get richer.
Not through equal effort everywhere, but through leverage applied in the right places.
So here is one useful way to think about your work:
Look for asymmetries.
Look for places where effort and reward are wildly out of proportion.
Look for problems that seem small, but affect millions of people.
If you find one, you have probably found leverage.
Once you have found leverage, the work is not finished.
Leverage is powerful, but it is neutral.
The same force that can create value can also extract it. The same system that serves millions can also exploit them.
So the real question is not just whether you have found leverage, but what anchors it.
Leverage must be grounded in a moral framework.
Without it, it will eventually be used to take more than it gives.
But moral frameworks do not exist in a vacuum. They are rooted in deeper beliefs about what matters, who matters, and why.
For me, that foundation is my faith in God.
I believe leverage should be used to serve humanity, not exploit it. That is how it brings glory to God.
God is glorified when people flourish.
When value is created in a way that lifts others, expands access, and opens up opportunity.
When the child born in a remote part of the world has a real shot at prosperity because of something you built.
That is what it means to find asymmetry, apply leverage, and use it well.