people who've always been rich won't have much issue making money without working hard but for people who need to move up the ladder, i'm afraid without working

people who've always been rich won't have much issue making money without working hard but for people who need to move up the ladder, i'm afraid without working hard you just can't make that leap. You have to work hard and work smart, optimizing for a long term success. Too many people forget about the second part of the equation which is optimizing for long term success. You optimize long term success by constantly learning, creating and using that to leverage into positions with more responsibility / higher impact.