Competition
The stupidity of competition || Acharya Prashant, with youth (2013)
Questioner (Q): I think that life is a race and a competition. If you do not compete, you will lag behind and you will have to face the consequences.
Acharya Prashant (AP): What are the consequences?
Q: If we do not compete with the rest of the students, then we will not get a proper job.
AP: Then what will happen?
Q: We will not get status.
AP: Then what will happen?
Q: I will be dissatisfied.
AP: You will be dissatisfied. If you don’t compete, ultimately you will be dissatisfied, right? But you are anyway dissatisfied right now! What has competition given you so far? You are anyway dissatisfied right now. Are you satisfied right now?
