Healthy Competition || Acharya Prashant

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

Transcript

00:00There is nothing wrong with

00:02Comparison. Pay attention to this. There is nothing wrong in

00:07Factually acknowledging that somebody is doing better than you. It's okay

00:13That's a fact of life. In the mathematics paper somebody obtained 91, you obtained 84

00:1991 and 84 are facts and wherever numbers are involved automatically comparison is there. That is number theory. 91 is greater than 84

00:27That's okay. Acknowledge that. So comparison as such is not a problem

00:32The problem is when you take the comparison right to your

00:38self-value

00:39When you make the comparison a reflection of your self-esteem

00:43When you say it is not as if my marks are lower. I am lowly. Now, that's a problem

00:49Honestly do acknowledge that. Yes, that fellow has done better than me. My marks are lower, small

00:55His marks are higher. That does not make the person higher