There's a little secret that some of the big name, big audience solopreneurs, instructors, coaches, etc. have that they don't talk about.

They were financial secure before they started. They could spend months, if not years, posting every day and building an audience without ever needing to think about paying rent, buying groceries, or affording childcare.

They did not need to sell anything in order to survive.

They could focus on getting hundreds of thousands of followers, and that was it. And if you can afford to do that, you can choose whether or not to sell anything. You can afford to sell a low-cost product or service because there are hundreds of thousands of people who have already decided to be your customers.

Working for yourself is not simple. It's a rare luxury to start a business that doesn't have to make money in the beginning.

IME, there are real ways to make money while you build an audience, but there are no shortcuts. IME, there are real ways to find traction early on, but they require you to do things that make you uncomfortable. They require skills you may have avoided your whole life.

If you're trying to work for yourself, starting your own thing, and you feel like you're failing because you see how successful or famous someone else is, remember this secret.