“Nothing can make a person feel more noble than work. Without work, a person cannot have human dignity. It is because of this that idle people are so much concerned by the superficial, outer expression of their importance; they know that without this, other people would despise them.” – Leo (more…)
Kuna mambo mengi hayaendi sawa duniani, nchini, kwenye jamii, kwenye kazi na hata kwenye familia yako. Mengi kati ya hayo yapo kabisa nje ya uwezo wako, hakuna namna unaweza kuyaathiri moja kwa moja. Na hivyo unabaki ukilalamika kuhusu mambo yanavyokwenda, ambapo siyo sawa. Kitu unachopaswa kujua ni kwamba, kulalamika hakujawahi (more…)
“Only when we forget about ourselves, when we get out of the thoughts of ourselves, can we fruitfully communicate with others, listen to them, and influence them.” – Leo Tolstoy Kujisahau wewe mwenyewe ndiyo kuwajua wengine. Pale unapoacha kujifikiria zaidi wewe, ndipo unapoweza kuwasiliana vizuri na wengine, kuwasikiliza vizuri na (more…)
Kanuni halisi za mafanikio zinaendana na kanuni za asili. Moja ya kanuni za asili ni kabla kitu hakijatumiwa, lazima kitengenezwe kwanza. Vitu huwa havitokei tu, vinafanyiwa kazi, vinatengenezwa kisha ndiyo vinatumiwa. Simba huwa halali tu halafu swala akajileta mwenyewe, anakwenda kuwinda mpaka anampata swala ndipo anakula. Asipowinda hapati swala na (more…)
Set aside a certain number of days, during which you shall be content with the scantiest and cheapest fare, with course and rough dress, saying to yourself the while: “Is this the condition that I feared?” —SENECA Kuna vitu vingi sana unavyohofia kwenye maisha yako. Kwa kuhofia vitu hivyo, unashindwa (more…)
Vitu rahisi kufanya havina thamani kubwa, hata kama vinatumia nguvu kubwa. Vitu vyenye thamani kubwa ni vile ambavyo ni vigumu kufanya. Chukulia kazi mbili, upasuaji wa ubongo na ubebaji wa mizigo sokoni. Ni kazi ipo inatumia nguvu nyingi kufanya? Jibu liko wazi, ni kubeba mizigo sokoni. Lakini ni ipi ngumu (more…)
“The younger and the more primitive a person is, the more he or she believes that life is material and that it exists only in the body. The older and wiser a person becomes, the more he or she understands that all life originates from the spirit.” – Leo Tolstoy (more…)
Tunaathiriwa na kushawishiwa zaidi na mazingira kuliko tunavyoweza kuamini na kukubali. Huwa tunafikiri maamuzi mengi tunayofanya ni kwa kufikiri sisi wenyewe, lakini siyo kweli, kwa sehemu kubwa tunafuata ushawishi wa mazingira na wale wanaotuzunguka. Tafiti zinaonesha kwamba kadiri bidhaa au huduma inavyokuwa karibu na sisi au tunavyoiona mara kwa mara (more…)
“When people speak in a very elaborate and sophisticated way, they either want to tell a lie, or to admire themselves. You should not believe such people. Good speech is always clear, clever, and understood by all.” – Leo Tolstoy Ukweli ni rahisi na unaeleweka na wote, Uongo ni mgumu (more…)
Kuna kujitambua kwa kawaida (self-awareness), hapa ni pale unapojua madhaifu yako, uimara wako na kuweza kujiangalia wewe mwenyewe kama unavyoweza kumwangalia mtu mwingine. Unapofikia kujitambua huku, ni rahisi kuona makosa unayoyafanya na kuwa bora zaidi. Halafu kuna kujitambua kwa hali ya juu (self-actualization), hapa ni pale unapoenda juu zaidi ya (more…)