Confident and depressed || Acharya Prashant

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00:00The problem today is not that youngsters don't have confidence.

00:03The problem today is that a lot of youngsters who should actually be doubtful of themselves

00:10have just too much confidence.

00:12And that confidence obviously is very shallow.

00:14So when life strikes them, the confidence is easily shattered.

00:18And then there is depression and panic and whatnot.

00:20But if you see, there are a lot of advertisements these days, social media, etc.

00:24Public speaking classes, English speaking classes, personality development classes.

00:29For 6 year olds, 8 year olds, 10 year olds.

00:32And parents are rushing to admit their wards into such courses and classes.

00:37And usually the ads will have an 8 or 10 year old standing in a very confident pose.

00:44Sometimes even in a preachy pose.

00:45Now you wonder, what is this kid so confident about?

00:49What does he have? What does he know?

00:51But that's the ideal of this time and age.

00:54Confidence, just shallow confidence.

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