“I was repaid with evil for the goodness which I have done.” But if you love those for whom you did good, then you have already received your reward. Therefore, all that you do with love, you do for yourself. – Leo Tolstoy Umewahi kumfanyia mtu wema na yeye akakulipa (more…)
Enzi hizi tumekuwa na mashujaa wetu wapya, mashujaa ambao tumewageuza miungu na kuwasujudu. Mashujaa ambao hakuna walichofanya ambacho tunaweza kujifunza kwao, lakini tunawakubali na kuwaangalia kama mfano. Mashujaa wa sasa wanapimwa na wingi wa wafuasi kwenye mitandao ya kijamii. Umaarufu unapimwa kwa namna mtu anavyoongelewa na wengine kwenye mitandao na (more…)
“If you’re not enough before the gold medal, you won’t be enough with it.” I remembered that if I wasn’t enough before being asked to participate in this prestigious event, then participating wasn’t going to make me enough. Being enough was going to have to be an inside job. – (more…)
Moja ya kikwazo kikubwa kwa wengi kufanikiwa ni kutokufanya maamuzi ya kuchagua eneo ambalo watalibobea na kufanya vizuri. Wengi hupenda kuwa na machaguo mengi wakiamini kufanya hivyo ni kuwa huru na kutokufungwa kwenye eneo moja. Lakini kwenye dunia tunayoishi sasa, dunia yenye ushindani mkali, huwezi kufanikiwa kama unafanya kila kitu. (more…)
“Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, These three alone lead life to sovereign power.” — Alfred Tennyson Kuna nguvu tatu ukiwa nazo, utakuwa na uhuru wa uhakika kwenye maisha yako. Nguvu hizo ni; KUJITAMBUA; Lazima kwanza ujijue wewe mwenyewe kama unataka mafanikio na uhuru. Huwezi kufanikiwa kwa kujaribu kuwa kama wengine. Upekee wako (more…)
Pale unapoongea au kuwasiliana na mtu mwingine kwa njia yoyote ile, akasema kitu kisha jibu likaja haraka kwenye akili yako, kuwa makini kabla hujatoa jibu hilo. Maana majibu mengi ambayo huwa yanakuja haraka huwa siyo sahihi, ni majibu ambayo yanakuwa hayajaangalia swala zima bali yamesukumwa na kile kilichoshika hisia zako (more…)
“In a memorable example, Dawes showed that marital stability is well predicted by a formula: frequency of lovemaking minus frequency of quarrels You don’t want your result to be a negative number.” ― Daniel Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow Kwenye kitabu chake kinachoitwa Thinking, Fast and Slow mwandishi Daniel Kahneman (more…)
Mambo mengi yanayokukasirisha kwenye maisha, hayana maana kabisa. Hivyo hasira unazojipa ni kupoteza muda na nguvu zako kwa hisia ambazo hazina manufaa. Chukua mfano unapita njiani, ukakutana na mbwa ambaye baada ya kukuona akaanza kubweka. Je utamkasirikia mbwa huyo? Utasema kwa nini akuone wewe na aanze kubweka? Kama utafanya hivyo, (more…)
“Watch her carefully right now,” she said, “because she’s teaching you how to live.” – Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird Kwenye kitabu chake kinachoitwa Bird by Bird mwandishi Anne Lamott anatushirikisha kisa cha rafiki yake aliyefariki kwa saratani. Miezi sita kabla ya kifo cha rafiki yake, Anne alikuwa anawasiliana na (more…)
Ukiwa mkubwa unataka kuwa nani? Hili ni swali ambalo kila mtu amewahi kuulizwa au kujiuliza kwenye hatua fulani ya maisha yake. Iwe ni wakati mtu yuko kwenye umri mdogo au nafasi ndogo, huwa anakuwa na picha fulani ya mtu atakayekuwa pale atakapokuwa na umri mkubwa au kupata nafasi kubwa zaidi. (more…)