Acharya Prashant addresses a question about self-doubt, which the questioner experiences as an inner voice saying, "You cannot do this," leading to anxiety and preventing her from pursuing her dreams. He explains that self-doubt is an inner voice from the mind that tells you that you are not good enough, fit enough, or worthy, or that others are better than you at a particular task. He offers a rule to counter this: if you can really, heartfully love something, then you deserve it and are worthy enough. There is nothing in the entire universe, especially in the inner world, that is beautiful enough to be loved, yet too big or distant to be achieved. If it can be loved, it can be achieved. Acharya Prashant clarifies that your love makes the object of your love yours. The achievement is not dependent on the object or target itself, but on the trueness, vigor, and purity of your love. He distinguishes this from capability, which takes time to build and has limitations. For instance, a person of a certain height cannot aspire to be a national basketball player. Therefore, self-doubt is not a doubt about your capability, but a doubt on the depth of your love. This is a great relief because while capability is limited, love is not. Love does not require time to build; it requires clarity. The real question is whether you truly know your target and understand your own desire. He warns against pursuing blind desires that arise from the crowd, trends, or biological impulses, as these are not worthy of your life. For young people, the most important distinction to make in life is between desire and love. Freedom from self-doubt comes when the self is in love. This love makes you optionless and choiceless, not because you are blind, but because you see so clearly that there is only one thing that matters. This state of being optionless is the most beautiful state one can be in. Defeat is a choice, and one who is in love will never accept defeat because it means separation from what they love. Therefore, the key is to want very carefully. When you choose something worthy to go after, you must devote your entire life to it, and then self-doubt becomes an intolerable, non-existent thing.