Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of a distracted mind by emphasizing the importance of prioritization. He explains that if one has ten things to think about, one must create a hierarchy of preference among them. While one may not know the absolute highest thing to pursue, one is aware of a relative hierarchy among the known options. Honesty demands that one focuses on the thing that holds the most value among the available choices. Wasting time on lower-priority tasks while being aware of more important ones is a form of self-deception. Using an analogy, he explains that if the absolute goal has a value of 100, and one is aware of tasks with values of 60, 55, and 5, one should grapple with the task valued at 60. The reward for engaging with the highest known task is that an even higher one, valued at 65, will reveal itself. This is a step-by-step process. Conversely, if one remains stuck on a low-value task, even the awareness of higher possibilities will fade. He stresses that there is no substitute for hard work and that the idea of sudden realization is a myth. All great achievements, in any field, are the result of gradual, dedicated effort, not instantaneous flashes of insight. Addressing the fear of death, Acharya Prashant states that having the leisure to constantly think about death is a sign of an empty life. Life is meant to be lived fully, not spent contemplating its end. One does not know what death is, only that life ends. Once this fact is acknowledged, there is nothing more to think about. The knowledge that time is limited should spur one to action, not to idle contemplation. The purpose of remembering death is to realize the value of time and not waste a single moment. The one who truly remembers death cannot waste life, and ironically, the best way to waste life is to sit and think about death. He concludes by advising to know that life is transient, and then to live it fully.