Meet Your Potential || Acharya Prashant

Full video: When friends succeed, and you feel jealous || Acharya Prashant, at Christ University (2022)

Transcript

00:00Don't be an ostrich. Don't start looking the other way when your performance is bad.

00:04Acknowledge, I have done very badly. Let that sink in. And if that hurts, let it hurt.

00:10Yes, I have done very badly. And even as you admit you have done badly,

00:14remember doing badly is not your destiny. Your potential is far bigger. So your performance,

00:20your current performance and your potential have to be remembered in the same breath together.

00:26If you remember only your potential and keep saying, Oh, I'm a superstar.

00:30I'm a superstar. I'm born to be the lord of the world. Then you will totally forget that

00:35in spite of your potential, right now you are down in the dumps.

00:39And how does your potential help if your lived reality is very bad? Remember these both.

00:45Honestly, accept you have done very badly. And then say, not next time. I'll improve.

00:51I'll improve.