Acharya Prashant explains that the tendency to take things personally stems from the fundamental error of taking one's own personhood too seriously. He argues that what we call a 'person'—including our age, background, gender, and aspirations—is largely a collection of accidental and random occurrences rather than a result of conscious choice. Since most of our physical and mental attributes are biological or influenced by external factors, the idea of a central, independent 'agency' or 'doer' is a myth created by the ego. He identifies the ego as a fictitious central entity that claims ownership over events that are actually natural and predictable processes.