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> This is prosperity preaching (being rewarded for prior sacrifices because of those prior sacrifices)

But don't those prior experiences grow your skill to a degree?

An influencer pushing your version of a product is a greater reason for prosperity than any merit of the product. That's the only point.

You are grasping at straws to support traf's view of the events.

Yes, doing something in the past helps you do something in the future. No, thats not the reason traf's work went viral.

That's not the only point. You are confusing necessary and sufficient conditions. Being able to do the thing that needs to be done at the right time is a a necessary condition for this success. It's definitely not sufficient condition as you rightly point out. You note that you use fiverr and development teams you've worked with before to deliver quickly. Without that you have nothing to deliver or it is beat in the market by the time you figure out how to make it. An influencer isn't going to magically create products for you.

Exactly. And without having made things, shared and built an audience, he would have been broadcasting into a void. Then there "influencer" would have never been part of the equation.

Is there some "luck" in that? Of course. But that bit of luck does not happen in a vacuum.

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