Define "top". Having a lot of money does not make you a top businessperson any more than it makes you a top athlete. Also, define "ahead". Having a lot of resou

Define "top". Having a lot of money does not make you a top businessperson any more than it makes you a top athlete. Also, define "ahead". Having a lot of resources doesn't necessarily mean you're "ahead" of anything. And isn't the thought process that someone should try to "get ahead" sort of the root problem here, anyway? Who do you want to get ahead of, and why do they deserve to be behind you? Hard work is important for many reasons. Hard work can be involved in getting access to a lot of money, but it isn't necessarily involved in it. And there's nothing wrong with that, because monetary resources are just one aspect of an individual's overall circumstances and it doesn't mean anything in isolation. Like many other personal circumstances (including health, much, much more valuable than money), reversal in fortunes are not uncommon. Seeking to maintain a positive position for the people you care about to rely on as needed is good, and they should be allowed to enjoy the fruits of their forebears' labors without undue judgment or excessive expectation.