Acharya Prashant explains that frustration and disappointment are inevitable when one relentlessly chases a goal as if it were the most important thing in the world. He points out that the universe is governed by an infinite network of cause and effect, meaning results do not happen based on individual desires. Therefore, the results of any effort are unpredictable, and hard work does not guarantee success. He critiques the misplaced sense of doership and control that society teaches, which leads to a mindset where things must go according to one's planning. This mindset is the root cause of frustration because it postpones happiness to a future event that may or may not occur. He suggests that the only way to avoid frustration is to stop taking results too seriously and to treat work as play. When one works for the joy of the process rather than the outcome, they are neither obsessed with results nor devastated by disappointment. He uses the example of two students: one who studies playfully and is not bothered by the exam result, and another who is obsessed with the result and lives in fear of failure. The one who fears failure may experience intense happiness if they pass, but this happiness is merely the flip side of their previous nervousness. True joy, he argues, comes from being fully present in the current moment rather than living for a future result. Acharya Prashant further explains that a result-oriented mind leads to boredom and the use of shortcuts, as the journey itself becomes a mere means to an end. This mindset permeates all aspects of life, including education, careers, and relationships, turning them into business-like transactions where people look for a 'return on investment.' He warns that this future-centricity costs us the present moment, which is the only thing we truly have. To live intelligently is to find something more important than any worldly outcome, thereby reclaiming the power to be joyful regardless of external success or failure.