Duration is the final filter. People chasing rewards leave when rewards dry up. Sustained obsession can’t be faked. If you do fake it long enough to become indistinguishable from someone who has it, you’re not faking anymore.
The founders who figure this out early will own the next decade. Everyone else will be optimizing landing pages for an audience that no longer exists.
And if there’s one thing that experience has taught me, it’s that very little results can be replicated, as much as we wish they could . You cannot lift someone else’s strategy, apply it line by line, and expect the exact same outcome, because outward growth is deeply shaped by many variables including timing, luck, platform shifts, your voice,... See more