Want to get rich overnight? Wake up, my friend. The real game of wealth is about time and patience. Buffett wasn’t wrong when he said that compound interest is truly a miracle, but the problem is most people can’t wait long enough to see it work its magic.

The little pocket money you save every day—what you’d spend on a cup of milk tea or the time it takes to brush your teeth—may seem insignificant, right? But if you know how to put these “small coins” to work, let them roll for three to five years, the numbers will surprise you. It’s not some complicated magic; just put your money into places where it can grow, and patiently wait for the snowball to get bigger and bigger.

Stop fixating on those get-rich-quick legends. Saving steadily and letting your money make more money—that’s the path regular people can actually take.