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Moving on, the speaker confronts a sobering truth: things will always feel hard. Drawing from the concept of the hedonic treadmill, he explains that success does not eliminate challenges or anxieties. Achieving dreams may not lead to a sustained sense of happiness; instead, it often returns us to a baseline feeling of discomfort and effort. This acknowledgment serves as a reality check, suggesting that striving for perfection or ease in an endeavor is a futile pursuit. The sense of struggle, he argues, is inherent in any meaningful pursuit, and learning to cope with it may be the key to sustaining motivation.