Afraid of Other People's Opinions || Acharya Prashant

Full video: Fear of being judged by others || Acharya Prashant, with ITM-Mumbai (2023)

Transcript

00:00Think of a cricketer on the pitch, and there is a fast bowler rushing at him, 150 kmph.

00:06And there is an audience of 80,000. The stadium is jam-packed.

00:11What if the cricketer starts thinking of these 80,000 opinions?

00:17What if he starts looking into these 1,60,000 eyes?

00:21Will he still retain sight of the ball?

00:24Now, if there is a batsman who is all the time thinking of the audience,

00:27what do you know about him?

00:28If there is a batsman who is continuously thinking of the audience,

00:31what I know is that he does not love cricket.

00:34Boils down to love.

00:36So go deep into whatever you are doing.

00:38And if something does not deserve the depth of your attention, avoid it.

00:43You cannot give your best to everything.

00:46Not everything deserves your love.

00:48Avoid those things.

00:49But when you choose something, don't be half-hearted.