Acharya Prashant distinguishes between two distinct types of effort. The first type involves striving to achieve goals that have already been decided or frozen in one's mind. He uses the analogy of someone who has decided to go to Jaipur and is merely looking for the route, or someone who has decided to commit a crime and is only looking for the means. In these cases, the effort is insignificant because the motive is already fixed. Most people engage in this kind of effort to maintain their opinions, secure their beliefs, and achieve goals that are often dictated by societal expectations rather than personal truth. This kind of effort is described as soul-sapping and wasteful because it only serves to substantiate existing motives and opinions.