“It seemed that one had little control over one’s own destiny. All one could do was to get on with the one job that nobody else could do, the job of being oneself.” — Monica Dickens, Mariana Mafanikio makubwa kwenye maisha huja pale mtu anapofanya kitu cha kipekee, kitu ambacho (more…)
Kama kuna kitu ambacho ni sharti ukifanye, basi huna uhuru wa kuchagua, unapaswa kufanya. Kuigiza kama vile una uhuru wa kuchagua ni kujidanganya na kujitengenezea msongo zaidi. Kama una uhuru wa kuchagua kile unachofanya basi hilo siyo sharti, unachagua nini ufanye. Kuigiza kama vile ni sharti kufanya ni kujinyima uhuru (more…)
“The closer people are to the truth, the more tolerant they are of the mistakes of others.” – Leo Tolstoy Kadiri unavyoukaribia ukweli, ndivyo unavyokuwa mvumilivu kwenye makosa ya wengine. Unazidi kuwa mkali kwako mwenyewe, huku ukiwavumilia wengine kwa makosa wanayofanya. Ukweli unakupa nafasi ya kujua jinsi wengi walivyo gizani, (more…)
Kabla ya mapinduzi ya viwanda, watu wengi walikuwa wanafanya kazi zao binafsi na kila mtu alilenga aina fulani ya wateja ambao atawafanyia kazi. Hivyo mtu alipokuwa na uhitaji, alijua ni mtu gani anayemfaa kwa kazi aliyonayo. Mapinduzi ya viwanda yalileta mabadiliko mengi, kubwa kabisa likawa kuzalisha bidhaa kwa wingi na (more…)
“Soldiers who stand idle in a shelter during a battle as re inforcements will try to involve themselves in almost any activity in order to distract themselves from the impending danger. It seems to me that people who want to save them selves from life behave like these soldiers: some (more…)
Tunaponunua kitu, huwa tunaangalia gharama tunayoingia kwenye kununua kitu hicho wakati wa matumizi. Hivyo kama gharama tunaweza kuimudu, tunanunua. Kuna gharama za msingi na muhimu zaidi kuangalia kuliko ile tu ya kununua. Gharama hizo ni zile endelevu, ambazo zinaambatana na kitu ulichonunua. Kwa vitu vilivyo wazi kwa gharama zake, huwa (more…)
“Consort with the crowd is harmful; there is no person who does not make some vice attractive to us, or stamp it upon us, or taint us unconsciously therewith. Certainly, the greater the mob with which we mingle, the greater the danger.” – Seneca Wewe pekee ndiye unayejua nini unataka (more…)
Nimekuwa nasema, moja ya vitu tunavyopaswa kujifunza kutoka kwenye hadithi za waliofanikiwa ni mchakato waliopitia na siyo kile ambacho wamefanya. Wale waliofanikiwa, kama wangeanza tena kufanya walichofanya, wasingeweza kupata matokeo waliyopata sasa, lakini bado wangefanikiwa kwa kupata matokeo tofauti kwa sababu wana mchakato wanaoutumia. Unaposikia kwamba Thomas Edison alishindwa mara (more…)
“You don’t have to turn this into something. It doesn’t have to upset you. Things can’t shape our decisions by themselves.” – Marcus Aurelius Matukio huwa yanatokea kama yalivyopanga yenyewe, Na yanatokea kwa kila mtu. Ila baadhi ya watu wamekuwa wanayabadili matukio hayo na kuwa mzigo zaidi kwao. Usiingie kwenye (more…)
Kila mtu huwa anapenda kuwa maarufu, lakini wengi huwa hawajui gharama kubwa ambayo umaarufu inakuja nayo. Wengi hukazana kufikia umaarufu na wanapoufikia wanajuta kwa nini walikuwa wanautafuta. Hasa pale wanapokuwa maarufu kwa sababu walikuwa wanatafuta umaarufu na siyo kwa sababu kuna kitu kikubwa wamefanya. Gharama kubwa ya umaarufu ni kukosa (more…)