Acharya Prashant addresses the distinction between one's personal highest potential and the absolute highest. He explains that when you exhibit your highest potential, the absolutely highest becomes possible for you on its own. Therefore, one should not worry about the absolutely highest but should focus on being the highest that one can be. The key is to continuously strive to reach one's own highest potential, and the Absolute will then pick you up on its own. He elaborates that an individual can only become relatively better, so the task is to keep improving day after day. Using the analogy of climbing 99 floors of consciousness, he states that one's job is to reach the 99th floor, and from there, the sky itself will lift you up. Beyond that point, an individual cannot do much on their own. This requires doing the utmost possible for oneself, and even a little more than one thinks is possible. When this is done, unexpected things begin to happen, and one receives more than was planned or asked for. This process, however, is conditional upon giving one's utmost effort. One must first demonstrate the desire and preparedness to pay the maximum price. He illustrates this with a story of his sister saving coins in a piggy bank to buy an expensive toy car. Though her savings were insufficient, her willingness to sacrifice everything she had was the crucial step. The ultimate is a gift that comes only after one has made their maximum effort. You cannot attain the ultimate through your own effort alone, yet you also cannot attain it without your own effort. The Absolute is looking for your maximum, and when you give it, the Absolute gifts itself to you.