I'm not claiming you're wrong about the boost you got. I'm saying you may have already had 5 boring factors that laid a good groundwork to enable you to get th

I'm not claiming you're wrong about the boost you got. I'm saying you may have already had 5 boring factors that laid a good groundwork to enable you to get that boost, but you are discounting those factors. If I'm wrong, then tell me the context - were you in a situation where you didn't have those factors in place?