let f(x) = 4x^4 - 2x + 1.
f'(x) = 16x^3 - 2 = 2(2x - 1)(4x^2 + 2x + 1).
f(x) decreases in x < 1/2, and increases in x > 1/2.
For any real number x, f(x) ≥ f(1/2) = 1/4.


(a + b + c) + (1/a + 1/b + 1/c)
= (a + 1/a) + (b + 1/b) + (c + 1/c)
≥ 2√(a*(1/a)) + 2√(b*(1/b)) + 2√(c*(1/c))
= 6.
This result tells that either (a + b + c) or
(1/a + 1/b + 1/c) is greater than or equal to 3.
If both of them were smaller than 3,
the sum of them would be less than 6.
Note that your proposition is FALSE.
When a = b = c = 1, neither (a + b + c) or
(1/a + 1/b + 1/c) is equal to 3, and not
greater than 3.