Yes, civ VI is my game! I focus on producing troops at the early game. I produce a second melee, and then queue a builder before queueing a city center and another melee. Use the melee to scout nearby and then when you have a builder, focus on immediate production to get started quickly, such as clearing woods. For more production, make it a priority to become suzerain of production city-states.

I also recommend getting religion asap in early game, and focus on gold income, such as income per worshipper or per city. This injects a huge amount of money in the late game. Branching into amenities or housing isn’t a bad idea either if those things are sparse.

Even if you don’t want to get a domination victory, I recommend conquering your continent, or at least to easily defensible chokepoints.