Taleb’s boasting and self-congratulation are tiresome, but he’s got an interesting tidbit even in the part about weight-lifting—he recommends looking at what people who have achieved something do, not what they say works for other people to achieve it.
On the other hand, he took up weight-lifting/body-building because he was getting threatened, which wouldn’t do much good if someone shoots him.
Taleb’s boasting and self-congratulation are tiresome, but he’s got an interesting tidbit even in the part about weight-lifting—he recommends looking at what people who have achieved something do, not what they say works for other people to achieve it.
On the other hand, he took up weight-lifting/body-building because he was getting threatened, which wouldn’t do much good if someone shoots him.