Help me information overload

I am new to 4x games and I'm really struggling in this game. 

 

I have read some guides and watched videos but I still don't really understand the best way to start the game. 

 

Lots of conflicting information about the "wheel" and going %100 research at start of game and spamming ships. Map size ?? What to build on planets first. 

 

Any advice for a overwhelmed player.

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At the start you need to explore, colonize and build build build. Do not forget about focusing.

After your approval starts to go down go to a more multi task way of doing things.

Also the more you know about the ideology and tech trees the better.

Forgot to add that you can have the AI do lots of menial stuff till you get the hang of things. Although it is good with numbers strategy seems to be best when I rum the show.