If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. But they don't. Why are you so quick to belittle someone else's achievement. Learning an instrument isn't hard, you're just putting your fingers on strings in an air-conditioned room. Getting an education isn't hard, you're just reading papers in an air conditioned room. Overcoming depression isn't hard, you just take some pills in an air conditioned room. Overcoming my speech impediment wasn't hard, I was just practicing breathing exercises...in an air conditioned room.