Just like you said in the end of your post, power of patience only manifest if you hold the right coin or token, and this is only applicable to investing, if a day trader becomes too patient, it turns to greed, and greed is also one of the most causes of money loss in day trading.
I used to own a coin called emc2, I would have made a lot of money from this coin but due to my greed for more, I ended up loosing everything back.