A 20-year-old sports shooter asks Acharya Prashant for guidance, explaining that when he performs well, the resulting happiness negatively affects his subsequent shots. During major national competitions, he experiences trembling hands and feet and finds his mind filled with thoughts. He has come to understand that this dominance of the mind during action is a spiritual issue. Acharya Prashant explains that the playing field is merely a small part of the larger field of life, and one's state on the field reflects their state in ordinary life. The anxiety and wandering thoughts experienced during competitions are not new; they are manifestations of a life already filled with worry, desire, and hope. This inner state was always present but becomes apparent only under the pressure of competition. Nothing comes from nothing; it was already there inside and has now manifested. The speaker identifies two ways to address this. The superficial approach is to find techniques to suppress these feelings. However, he calls this the wrong way, as it's like letting the garbage remain inside while trying to hide its expression. The correct, spiritual approach is to remove the root cause from life itself. This root cause is the immense importance given to winning and losing. Motivating oneself with thoughts of future fame and fortune is what leads to anxiety and fear during the actual performance. The solution is to live life as if it's a game. Then, you will play the game as if it's life, without it feeling like an overwhelmingly serious matter. One should not think of the competition as a special, separate event from ordinary life. Instead, one should practice living their daily life without being driven by anxiety and ambition. The greatest victories are achieved not by ambition, but by being completely absorbed in the process, forgetting the outcome. When you are so engrossed in the process that you forget the result, you will get the result, often a better one than you had hoped for. Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of comparison. He states that comparison is necessary in sports, but it should remain at the level of numbers and scores, not become a measure of one's being. A low score can be improved, which is a healthy perspective. The problem arises when a low score is equated with being a 'low-class' person. This is a sickness of the mind. He advises living life in a carefree, fakir-like manner, not taking it too seriously. The final advice is to know that it is a game, and then to play it with your whole life.