Studying for money || Acharya Prashant

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00:00 Most people excel only when that excellence leads to capital gains.

00:05 Only when that excellence leads to monetary benefits.

00:08 And that's why so many people stop studying the moment they enter NIT or NIM.

00:14 Or they at least are not at their best.

00:17 That is because you know, it's not studies fundamentally or books fundamentally or knowledge fundamentally that attracted them.

00:23 What attracted them was the prospect of plumb placements.

00:27 The moment that placement is assured or obtained, the fire dies down.

00:31 So that should not be there.

00:32 Remain the same person throughout your life.

00:35 The same person that had not yet cleared the JEE but was raring to clear the JEE.

00:41 The same person who was printing and putting in 10, 12, 16 hours a day.

00:46 That you cannot do if you are studying for the sake of money.

00:50 Because money will come.

00:51 And once money comes, then you will be easily satisfied.

00:54 Therefore you must have a very very high purpose in life.

00:56 (gentle music)