“No matter bow big mankind’s store of knowledge seems to me in comparison with our previous ignorance, it is only an infinitely small part of all possible knowledge.” – Leo Tolstoy Haijalishi maarifa tuliyonayo sasa ni mengi kiasi gani, Bado ni sehemu ndogo mno ya maarifa yanayoweza kupatikana. Kadiri tunavyokwenda, (more…)
Unaweza kujipa sababu nyingi kwa nini umenunua kitu, kwamba unakipenda, kwamba unakithamini lakini zote hizo ni sababu za juu juu tu. Sababu halisi kwa nini umenunua kitu, ni kwa sababu thamani unayoipata ni kubwa kuliko gharama unazolipia. Yaani thamani yake ni kubwa kuliko bei. Chukua mfano, unataka kununua gari, ukaenda (more…)
“It is much easier to recognise error than to find truth; for error lies on the surface and may be overcome; but truth lies in the depths, and to search for it is not given to every one.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Ni rahisi kuona makosa kuliko ilivyo kuona (more…)
Kama umeingia kwenye maji ya kina kirefu na uko kwenye hatari ya kuzama huku ukiwa huna kifaa cha kujiokoa, akitokea mtu anayeuza vifaa vya kujiokoa kwenye maji hutauliza mara mbili. Utakachokifanya ni kununua kifaa hicho ili uokoe uhai wako kwanza, maana hicho ndiyo muhimu zaidi kwako kwa wakati huo. Mtu (more…)
“A clever man ought to so regulate his interests that each will fall in due order. Our greediness so often troubles us, making us run after so many things at the same time, that while we too eagerly look after the least we miss the greatest.” – François Duc De (more…)
Kinachotufanya tuahirishe yale tunayopanga kufanya, ni kwa sababu tuna machaguo mengi ya nini tunaweza kufanya na muda tulionao. Hivyo kile tulichopanga kufanya kinapoonekana kigumu au chenye changamoto, ni rahisi kukimbilia kwenye kingine kinachoonekana rahisi zaidi. Kwa njia hii, unajikuta ukitoroka yale uliyopanga kufanya, ukijipa sababu nyingi unazoweza kuona ni za (more…)
“We cannot prevent birds from flying over our heads, but we can keep them from making nests on top of our heads. Similarly, bad thoughts sometimes appear in our mind, but we can choose whether we allow them to live there, to create a nest for themselves, and to breed (more…)
Moja ya vikwazo ambavyo vimekuwa vinawazuia watu kufanikiwa lakini hawavijui ni umri. Wengi hawajawahi kukaa chini na kutafakari jinsi umri unaathiri hatua wanazochukua, wanadhani wanachofanya ndiyo wanachotaka, kumbe umri wao umekuwa na ushawishi. Kwa vijana, wengi huwa hawaridhiki na kile walichonacho, wanapenda mabadiliko ya haraka, wapo tayari kujaribu vitu vipya (more…)
“Bad things are easy to do, good things are done only with work and effort.” — Dhammapada Matapeli wana siri moja ya kuwanasa watu wanaotaka kuwatapeli. Huwa wanafanya kitu kionekane kuwa rahisi kabisa kufanya. Na kwa kuwa watu wanapenda urahisi, basi hunasa kwenye mitego hiyo na kutapeliwa. Vitu vibaya na (more…)
Hatua unazopiga na matokeo unayopata, vinategemea sana aina ya watu waliokuzunguka. Watu hao wanagawanyika kwenye makundi mawili na ndani ya kila kundi wanagawanyika mara mbili. Kundi la kwanza ni wale wanaokutia moyo na kukushauri upige hatua zaidi. Hawa wanakubaliana na kile unachofanya na wanakupa sababu ya kuendelea. Ni rahisi kuwapenda (more…)