Acharya Prashant addresses the common struggle of seeking social validation and the resulting inability to be oneself. He emphasizes that the problem is not the act of seeking validation itself, but rather the quality of the people from whom one seeks it. He argues that if you seek validation from peers who are at the same level of consciousness or confusion as you, their feedback is meaningless. He uses the analogy of a tennis player asking a grocer to correct their backhand to illustrate that validation should only be sought from those who are qualified and worthy, such as a proper coach or a teacher.
