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  1. How do I know whether I am in the right or wrong profession? Is it natural to feel reluctance or disinterest to something we were earlier fond of? Please guide

    I tell you, every profession has its ups and downs. Sometimes you will like your profession; later on, you do not like it. Ask a doctor, or an engineer, or a politician about this. At some point or the other in their career they all feel frustrated. The ...
  2. 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?

    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 ...
  3. How do we overcome the favoritism environment in the corporate world?

    You cannot totally overcome that. Unless people are in a very high state of consciousness, there will always be some favoritism. A hard working person needs to be smart as well. ...
  4. Gurudev, does practicing spirituality in the workplace diminish dynamism and aspirations, and bring about complacency instead?

    Absolutely not. Complacency is not spirituality in the real sense. Neither does peace mean a sense of complacency, nor can stress be a sign of creativity. If stress meant creativity, then Afghanistan should have been the most creative part of the world. ...
  5. My name is Sofia and I am from Russia. What types or kinds of punishment should we apply in a company?

    It depends on what kind of atmosphere prevails in the company. If the atmosphere is very friendly, congenial, and more of a celebratory or joyful, then a little indifference towards a person itself is good enough. Otherwise, whatever strict measures nee ...
  6. Gurudev, many of us farmers have come to the ashram from Nepal. Can you please discuss a little about organic farming?

    Yes, we must all promote organic farming. I will ask our agriculture department to hold a separate session for this with all of you. They will show you the permaculture techniques here.You know, the bottle gourd that we have grown using organic farm ...
  7. It is very difficult to be an entrepreneur and even more difficult to be a woman entrepreneur. Could you please give me some advice on how women can achieve a balance between work and family life?

    Do you know how to ride a bicycle? Exactly the same way! Don’t think it is difficult for a woman to be a small scale entrepreneur, no! Take it as a challenge. You have the energy, potential and providence to take up the challenge. Wh ...
  8. What do you do when you love your work and you know that you are good at it but still not successful?

    You are appreciating your work, but others also have to appreciate it. Keep at it and see what more you can do to improve. If your attention is on that, things will change. ...
  9. I don’t know what to choose as my career as I want to honor all my talents. Any suggestions?

    One gentleman came to me who could play forty instruments. He could play the flute, guitar, sitar, tabla, and many other more instruments. It was fascinating.I also knew a gentleman who had nearly forty five degrees, and he was not more than about 4 ...
  10. I want to know how to keep myself focused and motivated to do the same thing day in day out?

    Tell me, why do want to focus?(Ans: It’s a question of my job and livelihood!) That is it! This awareness that this is a question of your livelihood is enough to make you focus!See, focus is needed when there is no love and ...