"They do not have instant success and you need a lot of...

"They do not have instant success and you need a lot of patience. Newcomers usually want instant action without much effort.

You need to have the right state of mind."

Yep, patience has been required with ADI et al and more will be required.

Were you around five years ago? I would think that five years is more than enough.

And you forgot one important thing you also need: CASH - plenty of it so that when a short term invesment turns into a long one (For one reason or another) that you can pursue other opportunities.

And by the way, I had great watermelons and rockmelons this year. The corn was terrible and the spuds ok.