Hard work and making money have not a thing to do with one another.
Want proof? Look at any restaurant. Who's the hardest working stiff in the joint? Yup, the dish washer. Guess who makes the least.
Who makes the most assuming a successful restaurant? Yes, the owner and he doesn't really work all that hard. Sure took financial risk and blah blah, but we're talking 'hard work'. The owner doesn't really work all that hard.
How about those crooks on wall street. Flipping fingers in the air and trading other peoples money. How much ya suppose they make and how hard do they work?
Movie stars...work hard?
Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Harrison Ford and an oil Sheik...not a one working all that hard.
This world is about ownership. Own something lucrative and you're all set whether it's a search engine, an operating system, a popular face or an oil field...screw work, it's ownership.