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Have the guts to question everything || Acharya Prashant, at Mithibai College, Mumbai (2022)
Breaking Free
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2 years ago
Integration
Academic Life
Social Life
Professional Life
Self-doubt
Self-inquiry
Confidence
Legacy
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the common struggle of balancing social and academic life, suggesting that the very idea of 'balance' is flawed because it implies two opposing forces that can never reach completion. Instead of maintaining a 50/50 split where both sides remain incomplete, he advocates for integration and unification. He explains that one's social environment should ideally be driven by their academic or professional environment. When personal and professional lives are integrated, there is no need for one to serve as a 'stress buster' for the other. He critiques the corporate culture where people tolerate a hellish work week just for the sake of a salary and a single day of freedom, proposing instead a life where every day is so fulfilling that the distinction between a workday and a Sunday disappears.