Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of perfectionism leading to procrastination by emphasizing that one should strive to be perfect in the perfect work. The first and foremost step is to ensure that the choice of work itself is perfect. He explains that if one makes an imperfect choice and selects a trivial task, excelling in that trivia is ultimately meaningless. Using the analogy of becoming the world's best "rat hunter," he illustrates that while this is a form of excellence, it is applied to a field of little significance. He suggests that many people admired as high-achievers are essentially "rat hunters," possessing excellence but not in areas that are truly important. To further clarify, Acharya Prashant uses another analogy involving a six-digit number representing a sum of money. If given the choice to change one digit to maximize the amount, the wise decision would be to change the first digit to a nine. This demonstrates an understanding of where to apply effort for the greatest impact. However, he points out that most people waste their lives focusing on the less significant "digits" of life. They dedicate all their energy to maximizing trivialities and are even praised for it, reinforcing the delusion that they have achieved something meaningful while the most important aspects of life remain unaddressed. Society, he notes, conditions people to avoid what is most important. He concludes by defining true perfection. Before seeking to excel, one must ask what is truly worth excelling in. The choice of the right path is more critical than the speed at which one travels. It is far better to be slow on the right road than to be lightning-quick on the wrong road leading to one's own destruction. Making the perfect choice is more important than being perfect at the execution of that choice. True perfection is not found in the output of the work but in the intention behind it. As long as one's intention is directed towards liberation, which is perfection itself, one is working in perfection, even if it involves repeated failures.