Studying for Money? || Acharya Prashant

Full Video: Why an IITian loses focus - and what's the purpose of life || Acharya Prashant, IIT Kharagpur (2021)

Transcript

00:00Most people excel only when that excellence leads to capital gains, only when that excellence

00:07leads to monetary benefits.

00:09And that's why so many people stop studying the moment they enter NIT or NIM or they at

00:16least are not at their best.

00:17That is because, you know, it's not studies fundamentally or books fundamentally or knowledge

00:22fundamentally that attracted them.

00:24What attracted them was the prospect of plumb placements.

00:28The moment that placement is assured or obtained, the fire dies down.

00:32That should not be there.

00:33Remain the same person throughout your life.

00:36The same person that had not yet cleared the JEE, but was raring to clear the JEE.

00:42The same person who was printing and putting in 10, 12, 16 hours a day.

00:47That you cannot do if you are studying for the sake of money.

00:51Because money will come.

00:52And once money comes, then you will be easily satisfied.

00:55And therefore, you must have a very, very high purpose in life.