Full Video: Why an IITian loses focus - and what's the purpose of life || Acharya Prashant, IIT Kharagpur (2021)
Link: https://youtu.be/DP-N-8aHRqY
Link: https://youtu.be/DP-N-8aHRqY
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00:00Most people excel only when that excellence leads to capital gains.
00:05Only when that excellence leads to monetary benefits.
00:09You are right.
00:10And that's why so many people stop studying the moment they enter an IIT or an IIM.
00:16Or they at least are not at their best.
00:20That is because, you know, it's not studies fundamentally or books fundamentally
00:24or knowledge fundamentally that attracted them.
00:26What attracted them was the prospect of plum placements.
00:30The moment that placement is assured or obtained, the fire dies down.
00:34No, that should not be there.
00:35Remain the same person throughout your life.
00:38Therefore, you must have a very, very high purpose in life.
00:41The kind of purpose that can never actually be fully attained.
00:45If it can never be fully attained, you'll be working towards it all your life
00:49without ever having final satisfaction that you have arrived.
00:53That dissatisfaction is extremely important.
00:57is the person who had explained in the world's future.
01:02The potential is also easy to connect in the world in the world.
01:05Now, humphyshael is extremely important.
01:06We understand how far from
01:18our interests and interests are extremely important.