Kusubiri mpaka uwe umekamilika ndiyo adui wa mafanikio ya wengi. Watu wengi wamekuwa wanasubiri sana, wazianze kitu mpaka pale wanapokuwa wamekamilika, wanapokuwa na kila kitu wanachotaka. Kwa bahati mbaya sana, hakuna wakati wowote kwenye maisha yako ambao utakuwa umekamilika na kuwa na kila unachotaka. Hivyo basi, kama unataka kutoka hapo (more…)
“Don’t behave as if you are destined to live forever. What’s fated hangs over you. As long as you live and while you can, become good now.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.17 Kuiona siku hii mpya ya leo ni jambo la kipekee sana kwetu. Siyo kila aliyepanga kuiona leo amepata bahati (more…)
Ipo kauli maarufu kwamba mwekezaji mwenye mafanikio makubwa sana, Warren Buffett ana sheria kuu mbili za uwekezaji. Sheria ya kwanza ni usipoteze fedha na sheria ya pili ni usisahau sheria ya kwanza. Hivyo tu basi na kwa kufuata sheria hizo mbili ameweza kufanikiwa sana kwenye uwekezaji. Rafiki, tukiwaangalia watu ambao (more…)
“Keep death and exile before your eyes each day, along with everything that seems terrible—by doing so, you’ll never have a base thought nor will you have excessive desire.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 21 Ni jambo la kushukuru sana kwa sisi kuweza kuiona siku hii mpya na nzuri sana ya leo. Siyo (more…)
Binadamu huwa tuna tabia ya kujitengenezea utumwa wetu wenyewe. Tunaanza kufanya vitu kwa sababu ambazo hatuzijui, na baadaye tunajikuta tunaendelea kufanya vitu hivyo maisha yetu yote. Hivyo mtu unakuwa umetingwa kweli na vitu unavyofanya, lakini hata siku moja hujawahi kukaa chini na kujiuliza kwa nini unafanya. Hivyo unajikuta unafanya kwa (more…)
“Anything that can be prevented, taken away, or coerced is not a person’s own—but those things that can’t be blocked are their own.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.24.3 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi nyingine bora sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata (more…)
Kama unataka kufanikiwa, kitu cha kwanza unachopaswa kufanya ni kujitofautisha na watu wengine. Kufanya kile ambacho kila mtu anafanya ni kujiandikisha kwenye darasa la walioshindwa. Watu wengi wamekuwa wanatumia kujilinganisha na wengine kama njia ya kupiga hatua kwenye maisha yao, wanaangalia wengine wamefanya nini au wamefika wapi na hivyo kuangalia (more…)
“Philosophy does not claim to get a person any external possession. To do so would be beyond its field. As wood is to the carpenter, bronze to the sculptor, so our own lives are the proper material in the art of living.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.15.2 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku (more…)
Matumaini ni mtego ambao umetumika kuwanasa watu wengi sana. Tunajikuta tunakuwa tegemezi kwa wengine kwa matumaini hewa wanayotupa, ambapo hakuna namna matumaini hayo yanaweza kufikiwa. Wanasiasa wanatupa matumaini, kwamba tukiwachagua maisha yetu yatakuwa mazuri, kila tunachotaka tunakipata, tunawaamini na kuwategemea. Wanapopata nafasi hadithi yao inabadilika, yale matumaini waliyotupa kwamba watayafanya (more…)
“Let each thing you would do, say or intend be like that of a dying person.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 2.11.1 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii mpya tuliyoiona leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni (more…)