Acharya Prashant addresses the issue of perfectionism leading to procrastination. He explains that one should be perfect, but in the perfect work. The first step is not to excel, but to make a perfect choice of what work to do. If one makes an imperfect choice by picking a trivial task and then excels in that trivia, nothing of real value is attained. Excellence is important, but only in the right field. He uses the analogy of a rat hunter who might become the world's best at it and even get into record books, but one must ask if that was a field worth excelling in. Many people who are admired as high achievers are essentially excelling in trivialities. The speaker illustrates this with another analogy. If life is a six-digit number representing a sum of money, and one has the choice to change one digit to maximize the amount, one would naturally change the most significant (first) digit, not the least significant (last) one. However, in life, people often focus on perfecting the last digits—the trivial things—because it's easier, and they get societal praise for it. This reinforces the delusion that they have achieved something, while the most important aspects of life go unaddressed. Therefore, before seeking to excel, one must ask, "What must I excel in? What is worth it?" The choice of the right road comes before the speed on that road. Acharya Prashant redefines perfection, stating that making the perfect choice is far more important than being perfect at the chosen task. One should pick the right project even if they cannot excel at it initially. Society often wrongly advises choosing based on one's existing strengths, which is a decision-making process driven by the ego's need to feel good and avoid failure. True perfection lies in realizing what must be done and pursuing it with perfect patience, even if it involves repeated failures. Perfection is not in the outcome of the work but in the intention and direction towards liberation.