The kind of work that some poor people do for more than 20 years is the same work that some people do for few years or momths and it makes them rich. At times it's not just about working hard but working smart and even if you work smart, you still need to be consistent and pray for grace to locate you. Because some people are smarter and work harder than you and yet they are still poor.
It's true that two individual can do the same work, but they will not end achieving the same result, and that's simply because of the way they were able to handle the business, market it and be committed into ensuring that they succeed with that business. Because while some poor individual may approach a business in the normal way, and possibly give up in the process. A smart individual will approach that same business differently by the using the trick of human psychology. Sells trick, valuable relationship and persuasive marketing to ensure people buy a product even when they didn't need it. But moreover, luck and you level of knowledge is another factor that help people to become successful, of which the average poor people don't have.