Acharya Prashant explains that the perceived gap between an ordinary person and great figures like Bhagat Singh or Mahatma Gandhi is not as vast as it appears. He uses the analogy of two people running for a bus where one catches it and the other misses it by a fraction. Initially, their speeds were nearly identical, but once one is on the bus, the difference in their progress becomes immense. Similarly, a small stone that rolls off a cliff grows into a massive snowball due to the incline, while the stone that stays behind remains small. The difference lies in taking that first small step toward what is necessary.