Unfortunately, it's only the hard taskmaster that can unleash the absolute best out of his learner. As rightly remarked by Simmons' character Terence Fletcher, "The most difficult two words in the whole of English Language is - 'Good job'." When you get things easily without really realising what it takes to 'earn' that thing, you're naturally in a retrogress despite the seeming progress you wish to flaunt for consolation.