Monetising your website - my observations

Hi WA people,

My website is 4 months old and so far things are moving at a slow pace. I'm fine with the development of my website and taking the necessary steps to market it. I'm a firm believer in the proverb "slow and steady wins the race" in fact my characteristics are some what embodied around that phase.

Anyway, enough of the rambling. My goal for 2014 is to gain as much organic traffic as possible, keep the bounce rate low and of course continue with frequent content submission. I'm very passionate about my niche and want to sincerely empower individuals about how to lead a healthier lifestyle, with that being said, in terms of monetising my website........well.....let's just say I'm taking baby steps. I recently added google adsense to my site as a test pilot rather than to accrue a passive income.

As of lately I'm grow frustrated with posts pertaining to people with newly developed website complaining about a lack of sales. Perhaps I'm the one who needs to move with haste?

Just wondering, am I the only person who is focused on gaining traffic/content building for the first year? I'm not trying to discourage people from adding affiliate links etc.. to their website, that's an autonomous decision for you to make. However, I do sometimes wonder if people are more focused on securing a sale instead of content building, gaining traffic and establishing a rapport with the wider audience?

Btw This post isn't intended to specifically target anyone on WA. I'm simply conveying some general observations.

Your thoughts please??