Acharya Prashant explains that people think about the future only because they are unaware of the richness of the present. He uses the analogy of searching for a valuable item outside the house when it was actually lost inside. Similarly, people wander into the past or future because they feel a sense of lack in the present. This feeling of deficiency is artificial and imposed by others, yet it drives individuals to chase dreams of becoming 'someone' in the future to compensate for their current perceived smallness. He asserts that the more inferior a person feels, the more they indulge in future dreams. Seeking a cure in the future for a present suffering is as illogical as asking for an ambulance four years after a heart attack.