Life is really funny, I think initially man was designed to put effort to gain his needs right from the beginning, if we observe closely, Adam was created and put in the garden to work it and not only that, whatever he wants to eat he needs to go out there and get it for himself, God didn't just put everything in a plate in his room for him to just eat, sleep and wake up lol.
If there is no effort there won't be result. Like you said everyone we see glowing today once hard a time when they laboured, good results don't just come for free and the amount of effort we put will determine the kind of result we will have.
I love what you said concerning those who seem to be having everything they need without making any effort, like you said someone paid the price for them. Good results don't just fall from the sky upon people.
Man has always been designed to put in effort, anyone saying otherwise will be branded a liar. Without effort, no results. Anything else is most likely a crime.