There is a specific moment in every compounding system where the line bends. Before the bend it looks like it's not working. The growth is linear. Almost invisible. The effort goes in and the output seems disproportionately small. Most people give up before the bend. Not because they lack skill. Not because the system is wrong. Because the bend is invisible from the beginning and the work feels thankless before it arrives. But here is what the data from every case study in this series shows: the bend always comes. For everyone who kept going. Without exception. Chandoo's bend came in year three. Vishal Khandelwal's in year four. Ankur Warikoo's after years of consistent documentation. Katelyn Bourgoin's after the bankruptcy. This episode maps what the system looks like at year one, year three, and year five — so you know exactly what to expect at ...