Stop comparing your chapter 3 to someone else's chapter 20.
Every person you see with a finished product, a running business, a full inbox started somewhere that looked a lot like where you are right now. Messy. Uncertain. Figuring it out.
The difference between them and the people who quit is not talent. It is not timing. It is not even money. It is the decision to keep going when it did not look like much yet.
You are not behind. You are building. Keep going. (cc