Hearing testimonies from different sources, I can only conclude that "You don’t need to be rich to invest, but you need to invest to be rich." Riches aside, investment can increase your financial freedom, but the problem with most people is procrastination, they want this BIG capital to invest, but it is not like that.
From real estate, stocks to crypto, we have seen people buying their assets that were deem worthless, but suddenly became their source of wealth. I remember someone who couldn't afford a land at the city center but wanted to invest. He bought it at a rural area where he could buy over 1 acre. Not long after, the government decided to build a Federal university in that locality. Right now, a plot of land there can buy a plot of land in the city center that he couldn't afford, that is the power of investing.
It mustn't be convenient, it mustn't be in thousands of dollars, a little that is being consistent about and carefully thought through could make that wealth. Start investing today.
When this person bought the land plot, did he already know that a university would be built there? I don't think he knew. In this case, what is the thoughtfulness of his investment? After all, this man was accidentally lucky. If he had bought up a lot of land around the city, it would have been a well-thought-out investment (if the city expanded in any direction, the land in that direction would increase in value). In short, investments are only carefully thought out when the investment portfolio is diversified. And this is impossible with a small amount of money. With a small amount of money, it's just a lottery.