Acharya Prashant addresses a young man who feels he has reached the pinnacle of failure after failing his SSB interview seven times and is contemplating suicide. He clarifies that failing an exam due to age limits is not a 'pinnacle' or a 'limit' of life, but merely a situational end to a specific pursuit. He questions why the individual spent a decade chasing a job as if it were the ultimate truth or God. He emphasizes that while livelihood is necessary, a job should never become the center of one's existence. If one makes a worldly goal the center of their life, its failure leads to despair; however, if life is dedicated to the source that gave it, one realizes that their life is not their own to throw away. He points out that the obsession with government jobs often stems from a desire for security, status, and social benefits like dowry, rather than a genuine calling. He advises the questioner to stop treating a job as a deity and to stop being a victim of his own expectations. Acharya Prashant suggests that the time spent was not a waste if it resulted in life lessons and maturity. He encourages the individual to let go of the past, take the lessons learned, and move forward with greater wisdom. He concludes by stating that life should be used for the purpose intended by the one who provided it, and one must not feel defeated because even those who 'succeed' in such worldly competitions have not necessarily achieved anything of ultimate value.
