Every time I see people doing crypto then complains that they have done everything but still does not work for them.
The reason behind why they wont succeed is because they are counting the hours they have done the work, while they are complaining others are hustling and doing things extra mile.
This is typical of saying you can't do the same thing continuously to expect a different result. Hours invested in something may not really mean effort because it may mean that it is fruitless when the mode is not in the right ways. Someone who spend a little time but we'll utilized can get a better result. This is why before you invest in a project, you need to make time for your research work so that to be sure you are investing in propsr project but if you make the mistake of wrong investment then you will be running in circles and that means all hours in effort will be long wasted time.