Tarot Pull - Problem & solution

Problem	Solution

So our problem today was the 6 of wands.
"Good news.  Victory after strife. Pleasure gained though labor.  Success though industry.  Advancement in the arts and sciences. Friends are helpful."

Our solution, the four of pentacles means "assured material gain, success. Earthly power, but leading to nothing beyond it. Gifts legacy, inheritance. May indicate a miserly, ungenerous character"

 I'm having issues figuring out how these two cards fit, the problem card represents something quite positive, while the solution card seems to reflect something much darker.  Almost as if the solution to the problem of working hard is to... take what I can get and keep it to myself...

Eh... not sure how I feel about this pull to be honest.