"You can't bypass the process for progress. You have to go through it." - G. Richards Jr.

There aren't any short cuts to success.  There is a old saying that goes, " For he who is willing to do what is hard, life will be easy, and he who is willing to do what is easy, life will be hard".  Every person that has achieved any level of success has gone through some level of hardships.  If you do your research, Tyler Perry, Christopher Gardner, Donald Trump, and 50 cent have all had great hardships while working to achieve their goals.  What they also have in common is that they didn't allow the hardships they experienced to detour them from their goals.  They knew what they wanted to achieve in life, and would not accept anything less.  Now you can coast through life and just accept what life hands you, but if you want more out of life one thing you can count on is that it will not be a cake walk.