"🏆 influence" Is the measure of the number of likely reactions that a person's post could generate. = shares + comments + half-likes on your un-boosted posts by unique audience; over the previous 30days (only timeline posts are considered). "🌟 audience" Is the average number of unique people that views a person's unboosted timeline-post, within 24 hours.
If you get on the wrong train, get off at the first stop, because the longer the distance, the higher the cost of getting back. And this applies to everything in life.