Why Run the Wrong Race? || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: The success stories of ambitious people: Be careful! || Acharya Prashant, at BITS Goa (2023)

Transcript

00:00I am the best in not having girlfriends.

00:02We decide to be the best in something, anything.

00:05That's what the inner dissatisfaction is crying out for.

00:08It manifests in all kinds of stupidities

00:11including ambition and competitiveness and what not.

00:14Man was always competitive.

00:15Do not think it is a disease specific to your age.

00:18What was Napoleon doing?

00:19What were all the kings doing?

00:21Why was Hitler bombing London?

00:22They were competing over Africa and India.

00:25They were competing who would have more colonies

00:27and bigger and juicier colonies to exploit.

00:30Everything is just competition.

00:31What was the Mahabharata war all about?

00:33Victory lies not in winning

00:36but in first of all not running the wrong race.

00:39What's the point in winning the wrong race?