Rubina Ratnakar

 We all know that networking and making connections is an important task if you want to rise in your career. You cannot work remotely and achieve a milestone in your life. You will need someone to help and may even have to get into business deals that are completely dependent on your social networks. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar gives you some tips for building a network. A network is formed when some people share the same interests and goals. You need to connect with the right people to form a network. Focus on the people that will help you in your career at some time. Good and useful connections are what is needed rather than a lot of connections. Make a two-way connection. A person will connect to you only if he is benefitting from it as well. If you are making a benefit, make sure you make the other person benefit in some way as well. This kind of connection will last longer and will become a healthy one. Use social networking sites like Linkedin , Twitter, and Fa...

 In the world of stress and tension, people have forgotten the true meaning of happiness. Many people are just doing things in order to stay in the race of status and do things that society perceives to be true happiness. They are not happy from the inside and are just trying to look like they are happy. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar tries to explore true happiness and how can one achieve it. True happiness can be defined as a state of mind when a person is too happy about everything without any special or fancy event happening around him. Happiness is the peace of mind, body, and soul. If you are facing a lot of struggle in life, you may be looking for a milestone to achieve. You may be thinking that after that achievement, you will be truly happy. This is not the truth. A man's desires never end. He may have everything and may still mourn over the things he doesn't have. So, if you want to be internally happy, you should try to look inside yourself and see what actually ...

 Managers have to deal with many things in their daily business routine. Decision-making is one of the key roles to be played by a manager. One may have to make simple decisions and may have to make strategic decisions as well. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists some tips on strategic decision-making for managers. First of all, you need to know about the problem in depth. Correct knowledge about the matter and related facts will help in taking the right steps. If the problem is complex then you should begin by simplifying it. The next thing you should do is to understand the importance of the decision. If you do not make the decisions on time, you are making your work and life suffer by no changing the pre-existing conditions. You may have to face the consequences of delaying the decisions as well. It is said that we should follow our hearts. In strategic decision-making, it is the opposite of that. You should not follow your heart and you should not think logically. ...

  It takes a lot of effort to make someone believe in you and consider you as a trustworthy person. One mistake or one step is capable of ruining your reputation which you may never get back. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists some ways of increasing credibility. First of all, you have to stop pleasing everyone and just be yourself. Don't try to make people like you. Let them like you for who you are. Never alter your personality to attract someone or please someone. In today's world, people like genuine and real people more than people trying to be perfect. If you are good at something, know your value. Do not let people take you for granted. If you know your worth and stay confident about yourself, no one will ever try to take advantage of you. Also, they will start respecting you. No one likes a person who is not confident about himself and doesn't like himself in the first place. Deep knowledge and research is another thing everyone should have in order to...

Many people face trouble while sleeping at night. They have to try very hard to fall asleep. This is what is called insomnia . People try a lot of ways in order to fall asleep. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists some ways of handling insomnia. There may be many causes that have led you to this condition. One of the most common reasons for people facing insomnia is stress. So, you should try to keep yourself busy all day. If you spend a lot of energy in the day, you will fall asleep easily. Try to stay active all day. If you want to get rid of insomnia you should consider making a sleep schedule for yourself. You should fix your time to go to bed and fix your time of waking up as well. If you plan on taking naps in the day, fix a schedule for them as well. If you have any habit that involves large consumption of caffeine and alcohol, this may be the reason behind your insomnia. You should cut these habits immediately. Both these beverages are used to avoid sleeping and sta...

 Supervising may sound easy but there is a lot to do. You have to carefully examine what your subordinates are doing. If someone is new at all this, he /she may need some guidance. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar helps you in learning supervision and doing your role effectively. Supervision is made from two different words, super and vision. Collectively they mean to look at something with a powerful vision. There are many roles that are to be fulfilled by a supervisor. Firstly, you need to guide the people in the work. You have to properly explain the tasks you give to them. Make them understand the nature of the tasks. Explain the purpose and the steps to be taken to complete the task. Your subordinates will perform better once they are clear about what they are doing and what will be the end result. Always be polite with your subordinates. Don't be rude to them. They are definitely working on a lower level than you but everybody likes to be respected. So, whatever you...

 A kid starts learning at his home first. His parents are his first teachers. Along with good habits and moral values, we have to take care of their hygiene as well. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists some hygienic habits for kids to learn. Let's start with a basic one. Teach your kids to wash their hands whenever they are going to eat and every time they come from outside. Tell them about germs and diseases they can catch if they don't wash their hands regularly. The next thing you should be teaching them is to brush their teeth every day. Tell them the importance of having healthy teeth. Teach them to brush twice a day. Bathing every day is another hygienic habit they need to develop right from childhood. When your child is young he may refrain from bathing, but you need to teach them to bathe every day and make them enjoy it somehow. Tell them how important it is to wear clean clothes every day. This will come automatically when they bathe every day. Don...

 There are times when you are giving your best but it still feels like you need to improve yourself. You may be working very hard but would not be able to complete the work tasks on time. This is when you need to speed up your work. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar gives some tips for speeding up the work pace. No one will be able to motivate and influence you more than you yourself. So, try to challenge yourself. Set time limits to the tasks you perform and make sure you complete those tasks within the time limit. Reward yourself when you achieve a certain goal. This will create a positive vibe inside you to always complete work in time and excel in everything you do. Another way to increase your pace can be racing with an employee. A healthy competition will help you in improving yourself and becoming a better person. Everyone loves to win and puts all their efforts in order to emerge as the winner. If you compete with your colleague in a healthy way, you will be able t...

 Have you ever thought about how long it took us to learn our native language? We didn't even know about the phonic sounds of our language. It took us many years to know every word, its meaning, and its pronunciation. What about learning another language when you are all grown up? In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar gives some tips about learning a new language. Whenever you want to achieve some goal, you need to put a time limit to it. You should put small targets in front of you so that you can monitor your performance as well. Challenge yourself. This is one of the best ways to motivate yourself and perform really well. For example, challenge yourself that you will not go to a party until you learn a certain lesson of the new language. Write down your achievements and your goals as well. This will be a great way to look after what you are learning and how long your journey is going to be. Have you ever read the full Oxford dictionary ? Well, no one has. It is because ...

 We spend a lot of time outside our home, working with different people, or communicating with people we are not related to. When there is distance in communication, there are some other ways in which information passes from one person to another. To give it a definite term, it is called gossip. Some people love to talk and chat all the time. Whereas some may get irritated on hearing gossips and rumors around them. Don't worry, if you are one of them. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists some ways of escaping gossips and keeping yourself out of all this. The easiest way to escape gossips is to cut yourself from the situation. Excuse yourself politely instead of adding fuel to fire. If you hear anything about anybody, do not add your personal knowledge to the discussion. If you just back out from the mess, people around you will understand that you are not interested in those kinds of discussions. It is no bad to have a little chit-chat with your workmates when you are reall...

 Parenting can be a quite challenging task. Parents-to-be are mostly nervous about how they are going to handle this responsibility. You are going to start a new life and are going to raise a human who should be ready to deal with the world. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists some basic parenting tips that almost every parent should follow. When the kid is really small, there is not much to be done with him or her. You just have to feed them, take care of them, pay attention to their physical growth, teach them how to walk and talk, and how to carry themselves. Once they start understanding everything, you need to take extra care of them. Always make time for your kids. Even if you are busy with work, whenever you come back spend some time with them. Never make your child feel like you don’t have enough time for them or they are not your priority. Your kid is going to look forward to you. You are going to be his or her role model. When the child doesn’t even have a se...

 Entrepreneurship takes a lot of courage and determination. It takes a lot of effort from the person who ditches the common job scenario and thinks of starting something on his own. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar gives some suggestions for starting a new business. Many people dream about starting their own business but only a few of them actually start one. The reason behind that is the fear of failure. When you are too afraid to even try something, you will never move forth. The fear will keep on pulling you back. So, gather the courage and strength and step into the field. Believe in yourself if you have got all the capabilities required to run a successful business . A common thing almost all the people looking forward to starting a business do is to pick up an idea that is working the best in the market and run a business in competition to it. Well, if you really want your business to do wonders, you should look for a solution to an existing problem. If you are sure...

 If you want to live a healthy and happy life, it is important to communicate with people around you. Some people are more of an introvert and may find it difficult to talk to people even if they want to. Making friends with someone or even making a connection with people around them is quite difficult. So, we come here to their rescue. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar brings some useful and simple tricks for making connections with other people. If you want to make some good connections, it is important for you to create a positive outlook so that people feel like talking to you. Always be generous and polite when someone talks to you. One of the simplest ways to connect with someone is to help them in some way. Just reach out to them if you see the person is in need of a little favor and you can do that. This will create an instant cordial connection between any two people. People get attracted to people or want to talk to them if they find them interesting. So, you sh...

 Spontaneity refers to the nature or qualities of an individual that gives him the courage to deal with whatever is coming in his way next. Being spontaneous is a positive trait of a person’s personality. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar highlights the benefits of spontaneity . Spontaneous people have a lot of energy all the time. They are always fresh and giving out positive vibes. They are always willing to do something new as they have confidence in themselves. When a person is confident about himself, he will be able to explore more and more. A person, who is not afraid of what might come next on his way, will go the extra mile to explore the world. This is great quality as life is all about living life to the fullest. Confidence is the key to every difficult task. Since you are surer about your capability to handle things, you do not worry unnecessarily. You just take a long breathe and believe in yourself. Decreased or negligible stress is another advantage of being...

 There are around 7.9 billion people in the world with different personalities and natures. Every person thinks he is right in his own way. Some people adjust with each other while some do not adjust themselves in the situation. That's when we call a person difficult. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar brings some tips for working with difficult people. The first thing you should be doing is being calm and show some patience. The person is already difficult to deal and you have to be the one who is doing the thinking and making things work. Try to understand his perspective. Some people think right but they lack the skills to convey their thoughts properly. Some people may even have anger and anxiety issues due to which they may easily lose their temper and not be able to communicate their thoughts. You should give them a chance to explain what they actually want and mean. Even though people are talking really bad about the person, you should not let that affect your behav...