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Here is the sentence I have read:
After we discipline ourselves to adopt the attitude of a champion, commit to focus and analysis and leverage our creativity, we must take action.
commit is a verb, and focus, analysis, and leverage are the nouns that are committed to. But why does “our creativity” follow with “leverage”? How can I understand it?
Leverage is used as a verb also. This is a definition of leverage as a verb from Longman.
2 to spread or use resources (=money, skills, buildings etc that an organization has available), ideas etc again in several different ways or in different parts of a company, system etc
So 'leverage our creativity' means to use creativity.
You may interpret the sentence by splitting in the following way:
(After we discipline ourselves
//to adopt the attitude of a champion,
//commit to focus and analysis
//and leverage our creativity,)
//we must take action.
