Chances are you don't get to be a (self-made) billionaire without throwing away $5k here and there. If you're spending your time saving easily recoverable $5ks

Chances are you don't get to be a (self-made) billionaire without throwing away $5k here and there. If you're spending your time saving easily recoverable $5ks, you might get to be a millionnaire but you will never get to be a billionaire: it's totally irrelevant on that scale. Equivalent statement: You don't get to buy a house without picking pound coins up off the street.