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Consistency over Intensity “Slow down. Where’s the fire?” This is Coach’s constant reminder that certain adaptations take weeks or months of consistent stimuli (see page 160). If you rush, the reward is injuries. In GST, there are surprising stair steps after long periods of zero progress. Roughly six months into doing his “hamstring series” with minor gains, I seemingly doubled my max ranges overnight. This was completely unsurprising to Sommer.
Tools of Titans
Timothy Ferriss
So how much should you disclose? And when? There are no definitive answers to those questions, but in our experience, people are generally too cautious—they could be sharing more, sooner than they think.
Connect
David Bradford and Carole Robin
Farmers and ranchers also learn how to measure people and insist that they deliver what they promise, and these traits, too, are essential to success in private equity. If you hire somebody to truck your cattle to market but they show up late, you just don’t use those people again. You go with people who are reliable. Some people are just accident prone or tear up the equipment, and you just don’t get those people on your team. And, if you’re a good worrier, all that worrying should cause you to anticipate the problems.
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital
Robert Finkel
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