That no such thing as a free lunch works both ways!
Like the Law of Conservation of Energy.
Nothing is meaningless, nothing gets wasted! It’s the law of Nature.

Those 97 leaps are the builders of your success. If you pay close attention, 10 might be enough. If you pay less attention, perhaps a 100 will do. If you don’t pay attention…
Wasn’t it Confucius that said something like ‘You cannot learn nothing even if you don’t open the book.’