Full Video: The success stories of ambitious people: Be careful! || Acharya Prashant, at BITS Goa (2023)
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00:00I am the best in not having girlfriends.
00:02We decide to be the best in something, anything.
00:05That's what the inner dissatisfaction is crying out for.
00:08It manifests in all kinds of stupidities
00:11including ambition and competitiveness and what not.
00:14Man was always competitive.
00:15Do not think it is a disease specific to your age.
00:18What was Napoleon doing?
00:19What were all the kings doing?
00:21Why was Hitler bombing London?
00:22They were competing over Africa and India.
00:25They were competing who would have more colonies
00:27and bigger and juicier colonies to exploit.
00:30Everything is just competition.
00:31What was the Mahabharata war all about?
00:33Victory lies not in winning
00:36but in first of all not running the wrong race.
00:39What's the point in winning the wrong race?