Don’t jump into conclusions || Acharya Prashant

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00:00Never be in a hurry to draw a conclusion.

00:03Never be in a hurry to settle a matter.

00:06Let things remain open.

00:08Have the courage and the patience to live with uncertainty.

00:11Somebody will ask you,

00:12So what have you thought about it?

00:13Just say, I'm still thinking.

00:15When you are still thinking,

00:16then you have the scope to experiment.

00:19And still thinking does not mean you are sleeping over the matter.

00:22It means you are actively testing.

00:24And you must take risks to test.

00:26Testing won't happen on its own.

00:28You'll have to ask uncomfortable questions.

00:30You'll have to get into unprecedented situations.

00:34That's what testing is about.

00:35And testing always involves a degree of risk

00:38and requires, therefore, courage.

00:39You'll have to display that courage.

00:41As a young person,

00:42your biggest enemy is false belief,

00:45shallow conclusions, baseless confidence.

00:49Avoid that.