A questioner expresses his dilemma: in childhood, he was taught that no work is small or big, yet he was pressured by his parents to pursue an MBA instead of his passion for singing. Now, as an unhappy MBA graduate, he realizes that some work is indeed small and some is big, and questions why his parents gave him wrong teachings and pushed him toward the wrong path. Acharya Prashant responds by highlighting a contradiction in our approach to learning. He points out that to pursue an MBA, one goes to a management institute, and for medicine, to a medical college. This demonstrates an understanding that for worldly subjects, one must seek knowledge from an expert. He rhetorically asks why the questioner didn't simply learn MBA subjects at home from his family members. This illustrates the absurdity of not seeking specialized guidance for specific skills. For even a relatively minor thing like an MBA, which many later find to be a waste of time and money, we seek out experts. However, for the most significant decisions in life, we rely on advice from parents who may not be qualified. Acharya Prashant explains that the true experts on life are the Rishis (sages), who are the scientists of life. He questions the qualification of parents to give life advice, stating that merely being of a certain age does not confer wisdom. He notes that people are afraid to make mistakes with physical things, like electricity, because the consequence—an electric shock—is immediate and tangible. You wouldn't dare to claim expertise in electrical engineering just because you've 'seen life'. In contrast, the consequences of wrong life decisions are not immediate or physical. The punishment is not a sudden shock but a lifelong, smoldering suffering. The tragedy is that those who suffer due to their parents' misguided advice often repeat the same pattern, becoming self-proclaimed experts for their own children, thus perpetuating a cycle of misery. The result of taking life advice from unqualified sources is not an instant explosion but a life of prolonged agony.