As we should remember, leverage is about applying effort at a critical point, not spread out to the trivial.
Applying pressure in the wrong way, the wrong spot, or at the wrong time will step on toes and trip you up.
The problem we encounter is being wrong-footed (ill-positioned) or out of step (ill-timed), because we are not tactical (elegantly specific), but stumbling and stomping, anxiously and constantly gyrating.