Hate to be a pedant but this is a fantastic oversimplification and certainly doesn't take the marginal utility of money into account. Otherwise... how do we explain tax accountants, havens and loopholes? IOW, some people work hard to make a good living via tax avoidance! Just sayin'
Does working hard really make you a good person? Of course not. Some people work hard and are good people. Others work hard and are not. The two are not connected. Doing good things make you a good person.
I think the answer is no. Working hard or working smart? Again the answer is no! none of them are important, the point is to get good results cause they call you successfull (good in my mind) when you get good results.
You claim to "work hard" but you are still a huge loser who posts hatred about minorities and woman online. You have a deeply flawed moral code. So you've answered the question it's a clear no. I'm sure Putin, Trump, Hitler keep/kept themselves busy but they are/were huge destructive forces with no moral code. You probably admire them because they are white men who "worked hard".
Dumb concept it's rather obviously a No answer. Consider the case of Psychopaths often some of the nastiest people on the planet. Some turn to a life of crime. But many others take their obsession to business or politics and rise to the top. No doubt many of them worked very hard at it.
%% LOL that's NOT really lazy. Takes a real genius to simplify something . If you lay around all day like our beagle pack ; but never lazy on a hot rabbit track , then you be the judge on that Easy way is be$t way thru the woods many times , the big deer, big moose foxes /or bears busted a beaten path thru the brush\LOL [EDIT black bear, white bear makes no difference; but a police hater, border patrol hater is a loser, or a dead duck}
One cannot define work. If I take a wheel barrel while my groin hurts and go up the hill and fetch the good soil lots of it and clean out my wife's old rotten dank wooden herb boxes and refill with the good earth and plant all fresh herbs as a mothers day present.. is that not work? She wants to have two friends over next weekend... Two dear girlfrieNds from college. We all went to school together. I know them. They used to be so beautiful. We all were. She wants me to drop by.. That's not work? No. I'm not going to drop by.,..and no I'm not gettiNg a job NEVER! AND I'M THE BEST PERSON YOU'LL EVER MEET!!! LOOK AT MY HANDS THOUGH-- THEY BLEED THEY HAVE BURN MARKS FROM THE LIGHTER OUTSIDE-- THEY ARE HARD TOUGH WORKING HANDS THAT REACHES INTO SOIL AND PLANTS FLOWERS PROUDLY!!! ~si
%% And like Dave Ramsey like to repeat+ repeat, almost always more than 2 good choices. The explanation for the US tax free Roth + back door Roth, is the common sense lawgivers wanted it that tax free way [My personal opinion is his remark in the millionaire context, someone moved to a lower tax district which tends to be more business friendly]
Without a question , working hard is important and can help with personal growth, skill development, and achieving goals. It is important to strive for own improvement, accept one's strengths and weaknesses, and keep a balanced and healthy approach to work and life.