Rubina Ratnakar

 There are times when our mind is stuck on something and it starts tiring our minds. These are generally situations of fear and stress. It is important to get out of such mind traps to avoid getting mentally and physically disturbed. Everybody faces some kind of tension or the other in life. It is important to leave the stress for a while and relax your mind. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists some ways of shifting your mindsets from stressful scenarios. One of the best ways to shift and relax your mind is to meditate. Meditation relaxes our minds and takes us to a peaceful state of mind. When you begin meditation, you are supposed to think of something that resembles your happy place. Close your eyes and think about the things that make you extremely happy. A cheerful and positive friend will help you in getting out of situations that are trapping your mind. You will instantly feel better if someone understands your situation, listens to you carefully, and helps you in f...

 Financial freedom comes when a person is fully enjoying his day right from waking up in the morning until he sleeps at night. All this should happen without any stress of money and uncertainties about how he or she is going to undertake the expenses coming their way. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar helps in building a mindset for financial freedom. Firstly, you should determine the vision of financial freedom according to you. You should derive that what according to you is financial freedom? When will you consider yourself to be completely happy and free from any stress of finances? This will give you a clear idea about how far you are from your financial freedom. The next step is to plan your journey towards financial freedom. Now that you are familiar with the destination you want to reach you should think of changes you need to make to the path you are going to follow. The next thing to be analyzed is the time you are spending on your daily activities. A time analys...

 Learning is a process that is quite natural and we may be doing it even when we are not intending to. Right from childhood, a child starting catching things that are going on around him or her. He or she starts to learn about things like sitting, crawling, standing, walking, and ultimately uttering some words as well. As the individual grows he starts learning more and more things according to his or her age. There is no stop to the process of learning. As we grow older, we enter new phases of life, there is always something to learn. If we stop learning, our life would stop and become boring. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists the importance of learning in our lives. First of all, it is the reason why we are able to exist as an organism. If a person doesn’t learn that sharp objects like knives are not something to play with, he or she may get heart almost daily. If a person doesn’t learn that if we do not walk with care on the road, we may get injured or even killed, there ...

 Just like our body, our mind needs to exercise as well. This helps your mind in working efficiently and staying up to date. Your memory and focus will improve if you make exercising your mind a habit. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists some mental exercises for your brain. One of the simplest and fun ways to do mental exercise is to solve a jigsaw puzzle. A big puzzle will enhance your cognitive abilities, increase your patience and thinking power, and lead to a better understanding of the problem and then ultimately solving it. Playing cards is another great way of exercising your brain. Getting to know about all the games that can be played with the deck, memorizing the powers of the cards, using the right trick at the right time, and bluffing will definitely lead to sharpening your mind. One similar way to increase the capabilities of your mind is to play chess. The moves and the setup of chess and predicting the moves of your opponent are some of the basic action...

 A good personality is made by many qualities. One of the essential qualities of a good personality is consistency in their behavior. It can be quite difficult to maintain consistent behavior. You may have to make new habits and pursue them on a regular basis. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar suggests some tips to maintain behavior consistency. The first thing you can do to maintain consistent behavior is to make a daily routine. In a routine, you will decide the time you want to wake up and all the activities you are going to do throughout the day. Following a routine, every day will help you in behaving in a consistent way. Some of the habits are easy to form and to follow. Whereas, some habits are not easy to follow. You will have to put a lot of effort into doing the task every day. So, the first step you should take for that is to focus. Motivate yourself into doing the tasks that are getting troublesome for you. Sit back and think why a particular task is important for...

 We come across many situations when we meet someone elderly and more experienced than us and we pay our respect to them in every way. Not only the experienced people but all the people you meet should also be treated with respect and dignity. Every person is equally respectable regardless of their economic position and social status. In this blog, Rubina Ratnakar lists some ways of expressing respect to others. We shall start by the most common bridge between any two people, that is, having a conversation over something. When we are talking to someone, we should listen to them carefully. This is one of the ways of expressing respect to that person and showing him or her that you really care about their thoughts. Active listening is a life skill that should be present in everyone. Do not fool around or behave in a distracted manner when someone is trying to have a serious conversation with you. Make it a habit to appreciate and thank people who do anything for you. Even if...