Acharya Prashant explains that an individual's primary and only true responsibility is to achieve their own fulfillment and self-realization. He asserts that when one forgets their true identity, they begin to take on false responsibilities and create stories about the needs of others. He questions how one can claim to understand the fulfillment of others when they have not yet fulfilled their own basic responsibility toward themselves. He emphasizes that the only definitive knowledge one possesses is their own existence and their state of suffering; everything else is mere supposition and storytelling that leads to mental friction. He further explains that external situations and people are able to drastically affect a person's mental state only because that person is not firmly rooted in reality or tethered to something immovable. Comparing a weak individual to a fallen leaf and a strong one to a deep-rooted tree, he suggests that a lack of inner certainty makes one vulnerable to every worldly influence. By constantly remembering the fundamental realization of one's own existence, there remains no space for miscellaneous worldly distractions. He concludes that one must prioritize the essential and urgent over the transient, as inner strength allows one to enjoy external movements rather than being victimized by them.