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the same way that if you lift for 3 months, it achieves nothing.

I'm probably missing the point - but that first 3 months of training is where you make the fastest growth and can double the weight you lift (from untrained to novice). Sure - you aren't going to compete at a world level after 3 months, but it doesn't seem right to describe it as 'nothing'.

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Agreed. Though re-reading it, I think the point may have been more about quitting after 3 months and not so much that you don't gain anything the first 3 months.

> 5/ if I had only worked on a startup for a year, I would've gotten nowhere, the same way that if you lift for 3 months, it achieves nothing. Everything good in life comes from perseverance, but at the beginning, you're just like "I need to be somebody!!!"

It may be more about persevering beyond that arbitrary time limit and trying to get to a certain real goal instead... maybe.

A lot of those gains are neurological, so you can quickly lose them. I hazard that's the analogy he was going for.

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