good for you. Actually i know many people who didn't succeed with bitcoin because of lack of information how it really works. Wherein they all relies on their luck wherein reason most of their investment always ended up nothing after all.. So congrats to you that you educate your self first before making investment reason you have good results.. Just keep it up you deserve more blessings in the future.
Well, as OP said, patience is the key when investing in bitcoin. People who haven't succeed investing in bitcoin probably haven't been patient enough to hold their coins through the bearish seasons along the years, or maybe exchanged their bitcoins for altcoins due to promises too good to be true which are usually made by altcoins developers and promoters.
I believe even though an investor isn't educated on investments or cryptocurrencies matters, if he just sticks with bitcoin he is going to be rewarded sooner or later, just like OP was.