[michael50]

Hello everyone,

I am a new member. Like most of us, I am keen on personal development and surf regularly to browse various articles on PD. Am fortunate to chance upon this forum. Some of the stuff herein is really inspirational but I could not find a response to one of the big issue I am facing today - Peer Pressure.

For the last 12 months, I am suffering from significant peer pressure. I work in a large corporate and there is immense pressure due to murky politics and rat race. Although I feel I am technically better qualified than my peer, my peer is much more social than me and hence he is popular. I am ok with this because I am contend spending time/having fun with my family and limited no. of friends. However what really concerns me that my peer utterly disrespects me. He makes sure that he is secretive about things whereas I open up almost everytime to him. What hurts me most is that he sometimes doesn't greet me back in the morning. He is very judgemental about things and does not like to discuss with me on various business issues, but just gives his verdict. His behaviour wasn't like this before, but because he is more busier than me and also popular, he feels he is more important than me. I have subtly reminded him regarding his behaviour, but he has turned deaf ear.

Hence I read about spirituality, pray and try to forget my worries. However I would appreciate if someone from forum also helps me with other sources/info that could mitigate some of my worries.

Thanks
Michael