Acharya Prashant responds to a question about how to speed up one's spiritual progress by stating two words: example and company. He explains that the right company increases one's trust. One should stay close to the stories of those who have won, those who came before, or those who are currently with you in the struggle. This is crucial because our trust is often broken by the taunts and accusations of others. Since we are vulnerable to others, we should use them for our strength. To illustrate his point, Acharya Prashant uses the analogy of a gym. When you see someone else lifting a heavy weight, it creates a positive pressure and a sense of shame that motivates you to push yourself harder. Conversely, if you are with someone who lifts less, your own performance will decline. Similarly, he mentions how professional table tennis players avoid playing with beginners to protect their rhythm. The lesson is to always keep the right company and avoid the wrong one. Your company should be a challenge that pulls you upwards, making you feel the need to rise to be worthy of it. This is very different from typical social situations where one is pulled down into petty conflicts, which lowers one's consciousness and negatively impacts all areas of life. Addressing the concern that good company is rare and found only in scriptures like the Gita and Upanishads, Acharya Prashant asks, "How many Krishnas do you need? Is one Gita not enough?" He states that at great heights, there is always rarity; even the air becomes thin. However, what is found there is invaluable, and one good companion is worth more than millions of ordinary people. He warns against the deceptive idea that the right path is difficult, a notion often propagated by those with a vested interest in keeping you on the wrong path. They themselves have never walked the straight path, so they are not qualified to speak of its difficulty. The speaker concludes by asserting that the straight path is, in fact, the easiest, and one was a fool to have wandered on convoluted paths thinking otherwise.