Acharya Prashant explains that clinging to something because you do not want to be seen as a failure in others' eyes, or in your own conditioned eyes, is cowardice. Continuing a useless battle might look like bravado, but it is actually a very cowardly thing to do. One persists in such battles not out of strength, but out of fear of falling in the perception of others, or in one's own perception which is greatly influenced by others. The correct action would have been to quit or escape. If you are going down the wrong road, there is no bravery in continuing in the same direction just because you worry about what people will think or what will happen to your self-esteem. The speaker challenges the notion that giving up is an act of a coward, stating that giving up requires a lot of courage. Real courage is needed only when you fight real battles, and the real battle is against yourself. Not all problems are worth facing, and not all battles are worth fighting. Most problems should be completely avoided, even if it means being called a coward by others. In most situations of conflict, it is better to just bow down and retreat, even if it means you are not hailed as a hero. One should fight only the right battle. In that specific battle, you must not surrender or give up; this is true courage. Courage, therefore, lies as much in not fighting the wrong battle as it does in fighting the right one. Both are expressions of courage.