Wanting to do everything alone feels like control, but it often slows a project down. This article explains how to build a simple foundation, choose one channel, and gradually surround yourself with the right people to create something solid.
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You sometimes need a service provider, technical support, or even a small team. Yet many people still want to do everything alone: the website, social media, video, sales, and communication.
The problem is not autonomy. The problem is dispersion. You move faster when you build a simple foundation first, then surround yourself with the right people at the right time.
A Simple Piece of Advice (Spotted on LinkedIn): Start with One Social Network
I came across advice from someone I haven’t spoken to directly, but to whom I sent messages on LinkedIn (a professional network).
The advice was simple:
- Start with a single social network
- Develop yourself on that platform
- Focus on it
- Use direct communication: messages, email, or phone
The idea is not to scatter yourself from the beginning.
Later, yes — you can expand: shorts, reels, YouTube, live streams, blog posts, sales funnels…
Once the Foundation Is Built, You Can Expand
After laying a solid base, you can widen your communication:
- YouTube Shorts
- Facebook Reels
- YouTube videos
- Facebook Lives
- Blog articles
- Sales funnels
- And for those in commerce: e-commerce websites
But these are steps that require time, method, and often organization… which means not necessarily doing everything alone.
“Coaching”: A Word That Means Everything and Nothing
There’s also the well-known “coaching craze.”
To me, coaching without real support makes no sense.
A coach, fundamentally, helps someone achieve something.
They don’t do it for you.
They guide you.
Yes, it’s great to have a training program full of information… except that in real life:
- People don’t have time to consume everything
- Sometimes they can’t afford the necessary tools
- Often they don’t have the advertising budget to gain visibility
The “Overnight Jackpot” Trap
Everyone hopes to “hit the jackpot” overnight through marketing promises.
But you have to start from the basics.
What I observe is that many people:
- Have a low level of IT knowledge
- Have an average level of marketing and personal development
- Don’t have the budget to buy all the tools and replicate what a team can do
Even with artificial intelligence, saying “I’ll do everything myself” can lead to total dispersion… and no results.
Copying a Strategy, “Making It Your Own,” Then Forgetting Gratitude
There’s also a behavior I see often:
Taking someone’s strategy, saying you’ll “adapt it your own way,” using their knowledge… then building your business independently without acknowledging the value of the time shared.
It goes like this:
“Thanks for the hours.”
“Thanks for the results.”
Then “Goodbye.”
Sometimes without genuine appreciation.
Personally, I’ve been trying for years to take off. I’ve now managed to establish my company legally. I’m waiting for my company credit card to process payments and generate revenue… slowly, step by step.
Real Life: Health, Family Issues, Isolation… and Limited Time
When you buy a “magical” training program that sells you a dream, remember:
Most people already have to manage:
- Their health (and if you’re not healthy, your health must come first)
- Family problems
- Isolation
- Daily life struggles
In that context, many people simply don’t have:
- The time
- The budget
To train for months and implement everything they’re being sold.
Meanwhile, service providers can handle part of the work for you, often for reasonable amounts, through marketplaces and outsourcing services.
Build a Team — But Respect the Legal Framework
Having a team of service providers is good. But as a sole trader (micro-entrepreneur), you must remain within legal boundaries.
For example:
Four micro-entrepreneurs permanently working together and sharing common revenue — that’s not legal (it resembles a de facto company).
So:
- As a sole entrepreneur, you can hire service providers
- But you must stay within the legal framework
- As a company with employees, delegation works differently
Routine and Phone Use: A Simple Personal Development Point
Today, everyone is constantly on their phone.
A simple piece of advice:
If you can wake up and follow a morning routine without touching your phone for one hour, that’s already a great step.
Over weeks and months, you’ll see progress.
Personally, I’ve stepped away from television and look for inspiration through my own means to face life.
The Common Key: Communication, Sociability, Network… Then Business Dialogue
If you don’t want to:
- Spend five years learning IT
- Spend ten years learning marketing
- Then complain twenty years later about having no results
You must understand that the foundation is:
- Communication
- Being sociable
- Building a network
Then you create a plan:
- Personally
- Professionally
With one shared objective: fulfillment.
There’s even a comparison:
There’s a common point between building a household and building a company.
You don’t build a household alone.
So if everyone says, “I’ll do everything selfishly by myself”… it doesn’t work.
Everything starts with dialogue.
And in business, dialogue becomes commercial dialogue.
Before Selling a “Magic Training Program,” Ask Questions
Before selling anything, you must understand the person’s situation:
- Where they stand
- What they’ve already built
- Their starting level
- Their IT, marketing, and personal development skills
- Their activity (one or multiple?)
- Their free time per month
- Their marketing budget
- Their overall budget or assets
Otherwise, you’re selling a promise that will only work for a small percentage of people.
“Success Rates” and the Illusion of Ads
According to what is observed:
- Many training programs have low success rates
- Maybe 3%, 5%, sometimes 20% at most, depending on how “success” is defined
- Some people see results after 3 to 6 months
- Few achieve the same results as the trainer
Hence the criticism: we confuse teacher, coach, mentor… and the word “coach” ends up meaning everything.
At the Core, It’s All IT
An important reminder:
Social networks, websites, web apps, mobile apps — all of it is connected to the internet.
So at the foundation:
It’s IT.
With rules.
With interface logic (we interact through phones, computers, tablets).
The “Pizza / Soda” Parenthesis: Budget, Choices, Reality
A deliberately everyday example:
TV, pizza, football, beer…
Coca-Cola: once every two or three years for me — or every week?
Everyone makes choices.
The point is simple:
There’s a difference between a restaurant pizza and a €3.50 supermarket pizza.
Everything comes down to:
- Budget
- Free time
- Understanding that success is not achieved alone
Good Marketing vs Aggressive Marketing
Marketing can be a path to personal and professional development.
But there are two approaches:
- Good marketing: peaceful, serving mutual growth
- Aggressive marketing: domination, greed, “the market belongs to me,” and you’ll “get your small share”
With a deliberately provocative example: claiming a product is “the only good one” (like saying only one soda brand is valid) — that’s manipulative marketing.
The Storefront vs. the Back Office: What They Don’t Tell You
Many trainers present themselves as if they succeeded alone.
But in reality:
- They have teams of service providers
- Sometimes employees
- A company behind them
And they rarely mention it.
You see the storefront.
No one shows you the back office.
What you’re sold in training programs is often only part of what’s necessary — and without budget, you’re stuck.
Conclusion: Alone, You Won’t Make It (Or It Will Be Very Difficult)
The final message is clear:
If you want to do everything alone — good luck, it will be extremely hard.
If you want a service provider — you can reach out to me.
And you’ll see where you stand in three months.
José D.
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