What is a single word for someone who is easily discouraged? [duplicate]
Someone who is pusillanimous is one that lacks courage or strength of purpose.
pusillanimous, adj. 1. Of a person: lacking in courage or strength of purpose; faint-hearted, craven, cowardly. (OED)
If you want to include an element of reproach in your description you could call them a coward.
coward, adj. 1. A reproachful designation for one who displays ignoble fear or want of courage in the face of danger, pain, or difficulty; an ignobly faint-hearted or pusillanimous person. (OED)
Taking discourage here literally (dis-courage), I suggest fainthearted:
lacking courage or resolution: timid (Merriam-Webster)
Quitters. People that quit doing what they're working on at the slightest bump in the road.
Any person who is timid will not get far in life
ODO:
timid
ADJECTIVE
Showing a lack of courage or confidence; easily frightened.
‘Once inside, things simply got worse for any shy, timid souls who plucked up the courage and made it past the front door.’
A defeatist is someone who very easily accepts failure.
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/defeatist
defeatist NOUN
A person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure.
I would work it into your sentence as:
"Any person who is such a defeatist will not get far in life."