Any one of us giving it large about earnings doesn't help.The rows and accusations get bitter, and copycat businesses spring up everywhere citing us as their inspiration.
Of those that have achieved not all can get it across, and some of the most plausible advice givers turn out to have feet of clay.
And then what applies to a bigger outfit might not be right for a one man band. I like the best equipment, others like to bootstrap, both approaches can work.Many of my posts, to use me as an example, are boastul and exaggerate, sometimes this is for humour and no harm is mean't but things can easily get out of hand.
The other point is that to give advice on here you have to be something of a nelly knowall (guilty) and in some ways you are asking who is the biggest.