Acharya Prashant addresses the issues of stress and competition among students. He acknowledges that stressors like grades, deadlines, and job placements are common and that a certain level of stress is acceptable, as it can foster discipline. However, the problem arises when stress becomes overwhelming, causing one to lose sight of joy, freedom, and attainment. He advises that one must have things in life that are bigger than stress and know the right and relative place of everything. Life and existence itself are more important than anything within life. To cope, he suggests learning to take stress lightly, even turning one's tension into a joke about oneself. Regarding competition, Acharya Prashant explains that it should be used to bring out the best in oneself, not the worst. The issue with unhealthy competition is that it makes one focus on destroying the opponent rather than improving oneself. This happens when individuals forget their own vast potential and squander their inner resources on trivialities. Instead of trying to pull the competitor down, the focus should be on becoming greater. When an opponent performs well, one should introspect on their own shortcomings that created the opportunity for the opponent, and thus raise their own inner standard. He emphasizes that every individual possesses infinite potential, which in Vedanta is called 'Anantata' (infinity). One should not live a limited life by believing they are small or helpless. He urges students to recognize this immense, often unexpressed, potential. When faced with multiple stressors simultaneously, one must prioritize and learn to have a healthy disregard for worldly matters that are not truly important. The solution is to withdraw energy from wasteful pursuits and concentrate it on what truly matters, thereby realizing one's own greatness.