Climb the ladder slowly, but steadily, (I know climbing ladder could be slow and frustrating) but there's no way to go up without climbing it, if you don't use the ladder, chances are you might fall and that fall might be so bad that you won't be able to get up again.
Bottom line: short cuts in life seem to be very tempting and worth trying, but short cuts are for short period of time, working hard may seem like very tiring, exhausting and frustrating but in the long run it's worth your sweat and blood, so never go into short cut way, work hard and stay consistent.
Today what seems like endless hours of work will bear you bigger fruits later in life. It's just like putting effort and hard work planting seeds , and enjoying the fruits your plants bears for the rest of your life. Incase of short cuts there are no fruits, you have to constantly search for new ideas every now and then.
It's off the topic and not related to blogging but we all can do with a bit of motivation from time to time.