There is a very thin line between ego and Self Belief. Ego is based on your evaluation done by others. You evaluate yourself from others perspective and as and when that is shaking up you start shaking up too. You build an image inside yourself which you think is ideal self and is acceptable by others. However, whenever you feel that image is at risk you feel threatened and you retaliate. That is ego. Even if you say to someone, no I do not have any issues or I do not have any ego, it means you have ego. That is why you have to prove that you do not have ego. You are trying to prove that you do not have it.
However, self belief is based on reality, it is based on the foundation of beliefs which you build after self evaluation not on the basis of perception of others or what you try to project at. A person with self belief would just smile when he knows that something is contradictory. He knows that what he is and what he is capable of. Why does he need to prove himself to anyone? For example, if you have done something good for others and others do not appreciate it, why do you have to go and prove what all did you do. If someone is pointing a finger at you, why do you feel its disrespectful. Ego can be threatened not self belief or self respect. Self respect comes from your deeds not from what others come and tell you. You have no control over how others would react or act, however, you have control over what you do and how you react. If you do not react as per others action, it is your strength not your weakness as you have overcome the demons inside you. If someone calls you weak after that, it is their weakness as they do not have vision to see things clearly.
Don’t get into the quicksand of ego, you will not be able to come out, strengthen your self with self belief which is true and will make you a true person. Ego is fragile and self belief is permanent.
