A lot of people don’t talk about enough, Timing the market is a gamble, and most of the time, emotions get the best of us either FOMO or panic selling. I totally agree with you patience is key. Let the market breathe and correct. The goal is to enter smart, not fast. It's better to be late and right than early and wrong.
I totally agree to this, it's not how early an investor started but how well they understand what investing on bitcoin is all about, how patient they can be and how determined they're to reach their target, most folks who started early even made mistakes of selling after they saw pump not knowing that Bitcoin has the potential of going higher some sold out of panic during several halfing period without knowing it's an opportunity to buy more, so it's not how early but how well an investor understands Bitcoin investment.
Patience is very important as long as long term investment is concerned. Investing in bitcoin for a longer term requires patience in other to be able to hold and to avoid making impulsive decisions based on market fluctuation. Just like you said timing the market is gambling and it is mostly those that are into bitcoin for short term goals that prioritise waiting for the price to dips.sometimes during bearish season most investors used to sell there bitcoin at loss.
Asides Bitcoin investment any other investment or business that wants to yield better profits in the future must require patience, it's the key to a successful investment and anyone that wants to enter the market without having patience to build their portfolio and watch it grow on the long run is wasting their time, they could only enjoy the quick profits they'll gain and miss out on better profits in the future, the market would always do it's thing and cause week hands to panic but a real investor would hold on knowing there would definitely be corrections and keep adding to their portfolio instead of selling at loss.