“I keep silence about many things, for I do not want to put people out of countenance; and I am well content if they are pleased with things that annoy me.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe “Closed thoughts and an open face. Smile at everyone, and don’t tell them what (more…)
Umekuwa unayatoroka maisha, kwa kuepuka kuishi leo na kukimbilia kuishi jana na kesho. Kwa kuwa ugumu wote wa maisha yako unakabiliana nao leo, ni rahisi kujikumbusha mazuri yaliyopita au kujiliwaza kwa mazuri unayotegemea yawe. Lakini hilo halitatui ugumu unaokabiliana nao. Unakuwa unajidanganya tu, kwa sababu jana haitajirudia na hiyo kesho (more…)
“If I am to listen to another man’s opinion, it must be expressed positively. Of things problematical I have enough in myself.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Tayari una matatizo ya kutosha kwenye maisha yako, ya nini kuendelea kutafuta matatizo zaidi? Tayari una mengi hasi yanayoendelea kwenye maisha yako, ya (more…)
Seth Godin ni mmoja wa watu bora wa masoko hapa duniani. Msingi wake mkuu wa masoko umebebwa kwenye moja ya vitabu vyake ambacho kimekuwa maarufu sana, alikiita kitabu hicho Purple Cow, yaani ng’ombe wa zambarau. Anasema tumezoea kuwaona ng’ombe weusi, weupe na kahawia, hivyo huwezi kumkuta mtu anashangaa ona yule (more…)
“Tell me to what you pay attention, and I’ll tell you who you are.” – Ortega Gasset Mtu yeyote, asiyejua chochote kuhusu wewe, anaweza kutabiri kwa usahihi wewe ni mtu wa aina gani, kwa kuangalia vitu unavyojisumbua navyo. Kule unakopeleka umakini wako na nguvu zako, ndiko kunakukujenga. Unakuwa kile unachofikiri (more…)
Maisha ni magumu, lakini huwa tunayafanya kuwa magumu zaidi kwa baadhi ya mambo tunayohangaika nayo. Wastoa, hasa mwanafalsafa Epictetus alikuwa akisisitiza sana kujua mambo yaliyo ndani ya uwezo wako na kujishughulisha nayo na kujua yale yaliyo nje ya uwezo wako na yasikusumbue. Katika mwendelezo wa hilo, Epictetus anatushirikisha kanuni ya (more…)
“A wise man looks for everything inside of himself; a mad man seeks for everything in others.” —Confucius Mwenye hekima hutafuta kila kitu ndani yake, Mpumbavu hutafuta kila kitu nje yake. Mwenye hekima anajua maisha yake ni jukumu lake na analibeba kila ya kulalamika au kunung’unika. Mpumbavu anaona maisha yake (more…)
Sifa ambayo mtu unajijengea, ina mchango mkubwa sana kwenye mafanikio au kushindwa kwako. Kuna watu wanashangaa kwa nini mambo yao hayaendi sasa, lakini wamesahau ambayo wamewahi kufanya huko nyuma na sasa ni kikwazo kwao. Ili kuhakikisha hujijengei sifa mbaya inayokuwa kikwazo kwa mafanikio yako, hapa kuna mambo matatu muhimu ya (more…)
“People hasten to judge in order not to be judged themselves. What do you expect? The idea that comes most naturally to man, as if from his very nature, is the idea of his innocence.” ~ Albert Camus Wanaokimbilia kuhukumu ni wale ambao hawataki kuhukumiwa. Wanajijua kabisa kwamba wana hatia (more…)
Hadithi za mafanikio zimekuwa kikwazo cha mafanikio kwa walio wengi. Na wengi wanaokwamishwa na hadithi hizo ni wale ambao hawajajua nini hasa wanachotaka kwenye maisha yao. Hivyo wakisoma hadithi moja ya mtu aliyefanikiwa kwenye kulima mpunga, wanapanga kwenda kulima mpunga. Kesho wakisoma hadithi ya mtu mwingine aliyefanikiwa kwenye kufuga kuku, (more…)