Everyone has a different path in life and way of achieving their goals. Working hard and honing your skills is certainly important, but it is not the only way to achieve financial freedom or enjoy life. What matters most is how we choose to live our lives and achieve our goals because everyone must follow their own path, as long as they respect the choices of others.
I agree with you, everyone has a different way of achieving their goals and that is why we can never be the same in life, seeing someone richer than you doesn't mean you don't know what you are doing or your skills are not enough to make it in life and also seeing someone poor doesn't mean that the person doesn't have any skills of making money in life, we can never be the same and that is why even when we work hard every day we can never achieve what we want in a single day, some people have a better work but whenever they have money or collected their salary they didn't enjoy it because they have many responsibilities that they will take, we can choose how to live our life but if care is not taking we can't even enjoy it like the way we use to live before, so in life, we have to see things like it is and try our best to have a good life.
We are not the same, we are human with different potentials and ability, it is up to every individual to develop their interest when it comes to skill. People may not be having the same income in what they do but the most important thing is to bring out the best in what we found ourselves doing. Consistency in work and skill brings good value, consistency is what people should look after and never be bothered with the income they may be earning. In every skill or work we found doing with time it normally comes with good value.
The problems people do have with their skill is that they want to make money from it so quick, they lack consistency and patience that is why what they do ends up not being productive.