Acharya Prashant addresses the issues of increasing stress and competition among students. He begins by asking the audience what gives them stress, and they mention GPA, deadlines, assignments, getting jobs, and commuting. He acknowledges that these stressors are common and have not changed much over time, noting that he too experienced them, except for the train travel part. He explains that it is alright to have a particular level of stress, as it keeps one disciplined. The problem arises when stress becomes everything, and one loses sight of joy, freedom, and attainment. He advises learning to crack jokes when stressed, even at one's own expense, and turning one's own tension into a joke about oneself. Acharya Prashant states that it is not desirable to live with zero stress, but one must have things in life that are bigger than the stress. It is crucial to know the right and relative place of everything. He then discusses competitiveness, explaining that it is the same thing as stress. While he himself has been highly competitive, the issue is when competitiveness brings out the worst in you. Instead of trying to pull the competitor down, one should use competitiveness to bring out the best in oneself. Real competitiveness involves introspection and raising the bar within oneself. When an opponent plays a great shot, one should ask how they allowed the opponent a loose ball, rather than feeling defeated by a ferocious opponent. The focus should be on not playing badly oneself. He emphasizes that every individual has an unexpressed, hidden potential, which in Vedanta is referred to as infinity (Anantata). One's potential stops nowhere, and no limit can be set to it. You insult and degrade yourself when you limit yourself in any way, such as by believing you are a small, helpless, or powerless person. This feeling of being small and helpless has become deeply ingrained. He advises a two-step approach: prioritize and disregard. All material things should be kept in one bracket, and within that, one must prioritize. Secondly, one must learn to have a healthy disregard for all worldly things. If something becomes so important that it starts demeaning your existence, then it cannot be truly good or important. The greatest importance must be for your own existence.