Hey friends, do you know everything in this world, at least that's what I have been told,
everything in this world is mind over matter. So, if it doesn't mind, it doesn't matter.
Well, so let's look at different ways of using mind, okay.
Now the first one says, "I've a lot on my mind." Now supposing, your colleague is worried
and she looks worried and she doesn't smile and she sits by herself thinking. You go up
to her and you tell her, "hey why are you isolating yourself, come join us." and she
says, no, I just don't feel like it. I have a lot on my mind. Now when she says I have
a lot on my mind, it means that she has a lot of concerns, maybe she’s stressed, she's
thinking about something very deeply. Or there is something that’s nagging her mind, okay.
Someone is really worried, stressed. Well may be it is a nicer way of saying, I'm a
bit depressed. So when you say I have a lot on my mind. It means oh my God, I have so
much to think about, worry about. So a lot on my mind means I'm worried, I'm stressed
or I have a lot of concerns. Yes so remember friends I really hope that you don’t have
a lot on your mind, okay. I just hope you'll are stress free and relaxed always.
The next one is put my mind at ease. Now definitely if you have a lot on your mind, you have to
look at putting your mind at ease because it is really important to destress. It's really
important to relax. So when you put your mind at ease that means you just feel relaxed,
okay. Now for some people music puts their mind at ease. For some people a run or a jog
puts their mind at ease. Some people love baking that could put their mind at ease.
So when something puts your mind at ease, it means that it relaxes you. Well for a lot
of working mothers coming home to their little toddlers and their babies puts their mind
at ease. It really relaxes them. Yes, now if I tell my friend you have a one
track mind. A one track mind is basically a mind obviously, a mind of a person that
always concentrates, focuses on only one thing. Now don't ask me what that one thing is? That
is something you need to figure out about your friends. But for example someone who
thinks about work all the time. They are workaholics, so everything they do, they think about work.
You speak to them; they only think about work, they relate it to their work okay. So it's
work, work, work everywhere. So you say, hey listen you have a one track mind, okay. That
means you focus on only one thing. There are people who love earning a lot of money. They
just want money and more money and more money. So when you talk to them, everything is related
to money and how could they make more money. So you say, he's got a one track mind, all
he thinks about and talks about is money. So when someone has a one track mind that
means, they just focus okay on one thing or one subject. So it's not always good to have
a one track mind. Yes, now supposing you disapprove of something,
you know may be at work with your team mates and you are not really happy with someone's
behaviour. You quietly observe and you feel, not done, I can't take it anymore. You want
to voice out what you feel. Now you are anyways irritated, agitated, annoyed. So when you
decide that now I’m going to tell my colleague you say, "I'm going to give him a piece of
my mind." Okay, so when you give someone a piece of your mind, it doesn't mean actually
you break it and give it. It actually means that you are going to tell them, you are going
to be vocal about what you feel. Okay and we mainly use this when we are a little annoyed.
Okay and we are not really happy, we disapprove. We say ok wait, wait, let her come here I’m
going to give her a piece of my mind. That means I'm going to tell her what I feel. So
friends if you are going to give someone a piece of your mind, make sure you do it nicely
don't fight. So giving a piece of your mind means being vocal about what you feel. Telling
someone that may be you disapprove of what they say or what they do. So when someone
tells me,"Hey Rachna, I’m going to give you a piece of my mind, do you know what I
tell them?"I say, "Hey don't give me, I have my own." Just kidding. So basically I try
to tell them I have my own piece of mind and the way I think. But that's not the right
answer to give. Fine. The next one, out of your mind. Now imagine
your friends have gone a little kinky and they decide to do crazy things or rather something
very irrational. And you are like, what are you out of your mind? When you tell someone
are you out of your mind? That means are you crazy? It's an informal way of saying, are
you crazy? Have you lost it? So you say, are you out of your mind? Because it's only when
you are out of your mind, you are a bit insane, you are kinky and you do silly things or irrational
things. So when you tell someone are you out of your mind? You are crazy. But remember
don't use it with seniors, okay. It’s a bit offensive; they may not just take it too
well. So it's an informal way of saying, are you crazy?
So the next one is slipped my mind. Now it doesn’t literally mean that, it just slips.
When you forget something, I was supposed to carry some chocolates for my colleagues
today because it is my pet's birthday. So I was supposed to carry chocolates and I promised
that I would bring them chocolates, but oops I forgot. So when I forget I say, “I’m
sorry, it just slipped my mind." You know I woke up late, I came in a hurry and I didn't
want to get late to work so in that whole rush, in that whole rigmarole, it just slipped
my kind. So when something slips your mind, it means that you forget something unintentionally.
Obviously you have not done it intentionally. So it's a way of saying, I forgot. Oops it
just slipped my mind; I mean I'm sorry, okay. Or if you forget your friend’s birthday,
I don't know if it's nice to say, it slipped my mind. But if you are close enough you can
be honest and say," hey I’m sorry didn't wish you, it just slipped my mind. I was too
busy at work, okay. That means you forget something. So sometimes children carry their
medicines to school, may be their recovering from Flu. So the mother says, take your medicines
on time, and make sure it doesn't slip your mind. Okay so that means make sure you don't
forget. Yes and the next one says, mind goes blank.
This one of the most common excuses children give during their exams, students give during
their exams. They say I studied really hard but, I don't know when the question paper
came, my mind went blank, okay. That means your thought process just stops and you can't
think anything. Now I don't know whether this is an excuse or is it true, but well sometimes
when people get really nervous, like you may go for an interview. You are well prepared,
you are well dressed and you look your best and you've rehearsed. But if you are someone
who gets intimidated that means gets scared easily and you have a really senior person
or a manager taking your interview, sometimes your mind goes blank. As in when they ask
you basic questions that you have already prepared for, you just don't know what to
answer because you are so scared, you are so nervous, that you can't think straight.
Your thought process is just haywire. You can't think what you rehearsed. So that means
your mind goes blank. Or sometimes imagine those guys who come in front of their crushes
and those pretty girls and they are nervous okay, their tummy churns, they have butterflies
and they feel today I’ll go up and tell her that I like her but the mind goes blank,
okay. The thought process stops and you are just ... it's blank.
Well and the last one is the easiest one and the most common one we use, never mind. Now
never mind does not really mean you don’t care and Ah! whatever. Okay, it doesn't mean
that. It’s basically you say okay leave it, forget about it, okay. Imagine a client
and I are planning to meet; okay we want to meet and discuss a lot of business proposals.
So our timings are not matching. Well you know, he is free on the days that I'm not
and vice versa. So I tell him, okay let's zero down on Tuesday at 5 o'clock and he says
Rachna I'm sorry, I’m just not free on Tuesday. I say okay Wednesday, 5 o'clock? Sorry Rachna
I have another meeting and then I say Okay never mind, it’s okay never mind means let
it be, it's alright okay. It's okay, it doesn't mean whatever, I don't care, it's not like
that. it's just that , never mind, leave it. It’s okay, just leave it, never mind. Or
sometimes you have a tiff with your friends and you just like, you want to get done with
it. You want to come back to the normal friendship. You want to start talking again and meeting
again and going out. And you call her and say, "I know we had a bad tiff but never mind”
, it means leave it, let it go, never mind. Okay let's just start again and let's go for
a movie. So never mind, leave it let it be. Okay friends so these are the common phrases
we use with the word mind, okay there are many other phrases but these are the common
ones and like I said in the beginning, if it doesn't mind, it doesn't matter. Everything
is mind over matter. Well so this brings me to the end of the lesson. I hope you enjoyed
watching it. I’ll be back soon with a new lesson. Till then take care and bye.