How to focus on studies || Acharya Prashant
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00:00 you think that studies are just a way to secure placements, then what is it that you are putting
00:05 value on?
00:06 Placements.
00:07 Now how will you concentrate on studies?
00:08 Tell me.
00:09 You have already taught yourself to value money.
00:12 How will you value academics now?
00:14 Your mind will go where your values are.
00:17 And what do you want to do with money?
00:18 You want to entertain yourself.
00:19 I'll roam the world.
00:20 I'll visit all kinds of scenic places.
00:23 And next to you is your mobile phone.
00:24 And scenes from those places are being flashed on the mobile screen.
00:28 Now would you ever want to concentrate on your studies?
00:33 If the ultimate value lies in entertainment and that's what you are studying for so that
00:38 you may get placed and then earn money and then entertain yourself, then the mind says
00:42 if entertainment is the final and highest value, why not have entertainment right now?
00:47 So close the book and jump into entertainment.
00:50 That's what we experience all the time.
00:51 Do we even know what to desire?
00:53 That's the question.
00:54 And that's called the crisis of values.
00:56 We do not really know what is desirable.