If equity as a motivation/incentive to work harder were a myth, you'd have examples of people getting rich from equity who actually didn't care about it. ("I d

If equity as a motivation/incentive to work harder were a myth, you'd have examples of people getting rich from equity who actually didn't care about it. ("I didn't think my equity was worth anything and I didn't value it at anything or work harder because of it, so I was pleasantly surprised when I became a millionaire during the exit/acquisition - came as a surprise to me!".) Do these stories exist? I've never heard of it.