In response to a 23-year-old who feels unable to change his life due to laziness and a lack of discipline, Acharya Prashant explains that a great challenge is needed. He states that inner steel is forged only when life collides with steel. Until a person faces a significant problem, the strength within them will remain dormant and will not awaken. Acharya Prashant emphasizes that a 23-year-old should be truly revolutionary. If one's attitude is not rebellious at this age, it is unlikely to become so twenty years later. He uses the metaphor of a hot stove, saying that at 23, the stove is hot. If the pressure cooker doesn't whistle now, it won't on a cold stove, implying that youth is the prime time for action and change. The speaker points out that people continue living as they are because they believe it's the only way to live. Any alternatives seem strange and awkward, and the mind dismisses them by thinking, "It doesn't happen like this." He gives the analogy of an extremely overweight person on a treadmill; the sight is awkward, and the process is difficult, but it is the only alternative to the awkwardness of an unhealthy body. To change, one must do something new, which will feel strange because one is not used to it. He explains that our mind's function is to consider our current life as normal, simply because we are habituated to it. Consequently, any alternative life seems abnormal, even in imagination. This imagination often conspires against the truth. We imagine the worst outcomes for any alternative to prove that it is worse than our current situation, thus allowing the status quo to continue. The first and most crucial step, he concludes, is to firmly agree that the way things are going is not acceptable. What to do next can be figured out later, but one must first reject the current state.