of all the rich people i have ever met ...very few have worked hard til their eyes bled. More often than not; many have had opportunity knock on their door and have ran with it, being ready to take the bull by the horns at the right time seems to have been a good remedy for success obviously READY being a main ingredient..so in essence its a mixture of many things with hard work not being even close to the top. I am not saying that hard work cant bring you vast amounts of wealth all that i am saying is from the people i have met that are rich from personal experience hard work has not been their forte'...its being ready when the time comes...peace