Two coyotes wandered through the field, unbothered by the two people watching them. Each would occasionally pounce, lifting its head up with a critter in its mouth that would be swallowed whole. It wasn’t hard work for them, just a casual stroll and a pounce. Clearly, food was plentiful.
Conditions can be so good at times, hard work isn’t needed to gain rewards. But those are precisely the times when hard work should be employed so skills aren’t lost when the good times disappear.