Acharya Prashant begins by stating that for the common person, the entire world is a bully. He explains that being a respectable middle-class person in India means walking with a stooped posture. He questions the questioner, who feels weak and submissive, asking when he will stand tall if he walks submissively even in his youth. When the questioner suggests that nature doesn't allow him to be strong, Acharya Prashant playfully calls him his little one and says that nature is neither anyone's relative nor has it deceived anyone. It is one's own responsibility to understand nature and the laws of life. Nature has not conspired to trouble anyone. Acharya Prashant then addresses the questioner's claim of being submissive, pointing out the contradiction. He says that while the questioner claims to bow before everyone, he has never bowed before him (the speaker). He asserts that the questioner is not submissive but very arrogant. The speaker explains a principle: one who bows before falsehood will stand arrogantly before the truth. He describes this as being spineless, a characteristic of the Indian middle-class mentality. He states that the laws of life are unbreakable; one cannot pick and choose. He uses the analogy of gravity, which applies to everyone equally. Acharya Prashant explains that life is about duality. One will have to bow, and one will also have to be arrogant; the only question is where one chooses to do each. If you bow in the right place, you won't have to bow anywhere else. He advises the questioner to analyze what he is worried about and what he stands to lose. He points out that all the problems the questioner faces, such as fear, cowardice, and a shrunken life, stem from one thing: stubbornness. He says that all this fear and cowardice comes from not accepting the truth and instead licking the soles of falsehood. He concludes by saying that one who cannot bow before the truth will remain oppressed by the world. Excellence and courage are complementary. Those who want excellence must show the courage of solitude.