Acharya Prashant explains that wherever there is motivation, demotivation will also exist. The very word 'motivation' is only meaningful when one is already demotivated. Only a person who is demotivated needs motivation. This means that if you need motivation, you have already decided that you will first be demotivated. The speaker questions the wisdom in this. He addresses the issue of being demotivated by others' words, explaining that this happens only when you are dependent on them. For someone's words to hurt or demotivate you, it is necessary that you have made your self-image dependent on them. If you depend on someone for happiness, you will also be dependent on them for sadness. This dependency arises when a person does not pay attention to themselves and does not know who they are or what they are doing. If you know yourself, you will not allow another's words to become your image. The problem is not that someone demotivates you, but that you are dependent on them in the first place. By seeking motivation from others, you have given them the right to demotivate you as well. Acharya Prashant advises against being dependent on anyone, whether for motivation or by making them an ideal. He offers the principle: "Be open to all, attached to none," and "Loving towards all, dependent on none." When you know who you are and what you are doing, you do not need motivation from others. Your life, mind, and actions are your own, so why should someone else wind you up? He clarifies that while you should help others who have fallen if you have the capacity, if you yourself fall, you should get up on your own without waiting for someone else. He further explains that what is commonly called 'self-motivation' is not really motivation. The word 'motive' itself means a lure or greed. True action comes from one's own understanding and is spontaneous. Motivation is always external. He contrasts a student who studies for an external reward with one who studies simply for the love of it. The latter is not 'motivated' in the conventional sense but is acting from a place of joy and understanding. This, he suggests, is the state to be in, where one's actions are a result of their own understanding, not a lure for something external.