“We lie to other people so often that we get used to it, and we start to lie to ourselves.” —FRANÇOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Kuna kichekesho kwamba mtu mmoja alienda kisimani kiteka maji, akakuta kuna foleni ndefu. Akajiuliza nitawezaje kuchota maji kwa haraka na kuondoka? Akapata wazo, atumie uongo. Basi (more…)
Kwa kutumia akili peke yake au nguvu peke yake, unaweza kufika asilimia 90 ya mafanikio yako. Lakini ukitumia vyote kwa pamoja, yaani akili na nguvu, unafika kwenye asilimia 99 ya mafanikio yako. Utawasikia wengi wakisema usitumie nguvu, tumia akili, lakini hawa siyo wale wanaofikia mafanikio makubwa, wanaweza kuwa na mafanikio (more…)
“People are rational creatures. Why do they seem capable of using violence so much more easily than reason in their interactions with each other?” – Leo Tolstoy Sisi binadamu ni viumbe wa kufikiri, Una uwezo mkubwa wa kufikiri na kufanya maamuzi sahihi kulingana na hali ambayo unaipitia. Lakini mara nyingi (more…)
Kama unataka kufanya maamuzi sahihi kwenye maisha yako, badili muda ambao unaotumia katika kufanya maamuzi yako. Badala ya kuangalia dakika 10 zijazo au siku moja ijayo, anza kwa kuangalia miaka kumi ijayo. Kabla hujaafikia kufanya kitu chochote kile, jiulize kama utaendelea kukifanya, je miaka kumi ijayo maisha yako yatakuwa wapi. (more…)
“You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be. It’s their mistake, not my failing.” – Richard Feynman Kila mtu anajua mtu mwingine anapaswa kuwaje, anapaswa kufanya nini na maisha yake (more…)
Pata picha umeenda kwenye hoteli kupata chakula, mhudumu anakuambia unaweza kula chochote unachotaka, na ukachagua kulipa sasa au kulipa baadaye. Kwa haraka utaona una uhuru mkubwa sana, kwamba wewe ni kuamua tu unataka kula nini, kulipa siyo tatizo, kama huwezi kulipa sasa, basi unaweza ukalipa tu baadaye. Lakini ambacho hutakiona (more…)
“In Zen they say: If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually one discovers that it’s not boring at all but very interesting.” – John Cage Kama kuna kitu muhimu kwako kufanya, lakini hujisikii (more…)
Biashara inafanikiwa kwa vitu vinavyotoka na siyo vinavyoingia. Kwa maneno mengine biashara inafanikiwa kwa fedha inayoingia na siyo inayotoka. Au kama bado hujaelewa vizuri, biashara inafanikiwa kwa kile inachouza na siyo inachonunua. Huu ni msingi muhimu sana wa kuelewa na kukumbuka, kwa sababu wengi wamekuwa wanausahau na ndiyo chanzo cha (more…)
“It is a sin not to be engaged in work, even if it is not necessary for you to make your living with everyday work.” Leo Tolstoy Umewahi kujiuliza kwa nini naadhi ya watu hufa miaka michache baada ya kustaafu kazi? Pamoja na sababu nyingine, kuna sababu moja kuu, asili (more…)
Kazi yoyote unayoifanya, ithamini sana. Anza wewe mwenyewe kuipenda, kuikubali na kuifanya kwa moyo wako wote. Jitume katika kuifanya, ifanye kwa ubunifu na utofauti mkubwa, asiwepo yeyote ambaye anaweza kuifanya kuliko wewe. Halafu watake wengine nao waithamini kazi yako, usikubaliane na wale wanaoidharau kazi yako, wanaoona hakuna unachofanya. Iwe ni (more…)