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I don't think there is such a thing as an objective measure of effort. I think that when someone is doing something they enjoy or something that comes natural it feels effortless. I put in an hour of cardio three times a week. The hour a week I put in on Friday takes more effort than it does on Monday even though my output is approximately the same either day.
In some sense effort can be approximated via external measures. I get paid hourly and my wage is ideally meant to compensate me for my effort, but it's more a crude estimate of market value of my output- in other words it has very little to do with how much effort I put into my work.
I definitely earned my undergraduate degree, but I guarantee I put in less effort than many of my classmates.
I don't think it's at all simple.
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