25 May 2015 - QA 4

Gurudev, I am a practical and career-focused girl always facing the male ego at the workplace. How do I handle this? Am I wrongly born as a girl?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

No, not at all. Do not doubt yourself or your gender. Every one of us has both male and female aspects in us. So you should honour both. If sometimes the male aspect in you is dominant, it is alright, and you must honour that.
Now do not recognize that others have a big ego. Your recognition gives power to the ego. So do not recognize it. Just be natural. The antidote for ego is naturalness and a sense of belongingness, having a sense of oneness with others. If they do not feel that way then that is their problem. From your side, you should feel natural and feel that you are a part of them, and they are also a part of you. A big shift will happen when you experience this.