Glad to see some good old fashioned realism. Success is a grueling process that requires nothing less than your all. It's not easy in any sense of the word, mostly because there are billions of other people trying to satiate their own needs and desires, usually without regard as to how they affect others along the way. If you can't suck up the willpower to commit to success (in any field), endure failure, and embrace risk, success will not simply come to you. It is an endless and exhausting pursuit. However, the avenues in life that require us to give more than we thought we could, usually end up rewarding us in ways that we never even dreamed of. It follows logic that those who are willing to invest the most time, energy, thought and sacrifice into a venture will see favorable results as opposed to those who give only the bare minimum. Occasionally of course, life simply deals you a crap hand and well... That's a pity. It doesn't mean you should neglect to try anyway.