Patience and intent.

Almost everyone starts from scratch.

Artists who get millions of views on their videos started out by performing in front of empty seats.

Blogs and podcasts with a million subscribers started with none.

Even billion dollar businesses, like Apple, started with sales of tens or hundreds of computers, not millions.

It's easy to feel disheartened when we are doing our work as a professional but we do not see the needle moving fast enough.

What we need to ask ourselves is, "What's it for?"

Is it for the feeling of having a million followers or for the privilege of doing generous work that makes things better?

If it's the latter, it might not be helpful to focus on the former.