Moja ya vitu vinavyowazuia watu wengi kupiga hatua kwenye maisha ni kukosa kipimo sahihi cha kujipima na kujifanyia tathmini kwenye maisha yao. Wengi wanaishi kwa mazoea, leo wakifanya kile walichofanya jana, na kesho kwenda kufanya kile walichofanya leo. Halafu wanaweza kulalamika kwa nini wanajituma sana lakini hawafanikiwi. Rafiki, ili ufanikiwe, (more…)
“Think of the whole universe of matter and how small your share. Think about the expanse of time and how brief—almost momentary—the part marked for you. Think of the workings of fate and how infinitesimal your role.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.24 Ni siku mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana (more…)
Pambana na hali yako ni usemi ambao ni rahisi sana kuwaambia watu wengine, lakini huwa hatupo tayari kujiambia sisi wenyewe. Huwa tunafikiri hali zetu ni za kipekee sana hivyo lazima kila mtu ahusike nazo. Na hapo ndipo tunapojidanganya, kwa sababu kila mtu tayari anapambana na hali yake, na hakuna anayepoteza (more…)
“Both Alexander the Great and his mule-keeper were both brought to the same place by death—they were either received into the all-generative reason, or scattered among the atoms.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.24 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu (more…)
Ni kwa sababu hujui kwa hakika nini unachotaka. Na kama unajua, basi hujajitoa kweli kuhakikisha kwamba unakipata. Ndiyo maana kila fursa mpya inayojitokeza inakuyumbisha. Ndiyo sababu kila mwaka unajaribu biashara mpya, ukikutana na ugumu unaacha na kwenda kujaribu biashara nyingine. Kanuni ya kwanza ya kupata unachotaka ni kujua kwanza kile (more…)
“Death lies heavy upon one who, known exceedingly well by all, dies unknown to himself.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 40 Tumeiona siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo, Siku mpya na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tunakwenda kuiishi siku hii kwa kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni (more…)
Mchezaji bora kabisa wa mchezo wa kikapu, akijaribu kucheza mchezo wa mpira wa miguu atashindwa na mtu wa kawaida kabisa kwenye mchezo huo. Mashindano yoyote unayoingia kwenye eneo ambalo hauko bora, unakwenda kushindwa moja kwa moja, tena na watu ambao hata siyo wabobezi sana. Leo tunakwenda kuangalia jinsi mashindano ya (more…)
“I tell you, you only have to learn to live like the healthy person does . . . living with complete confidence. What confidence? The only one worth holding, in what is trustworthy, unhindered, and can’t be taken away—your own reasoned choice.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.26.23b–24 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii (more…)
Leo naongea na wale watu ambao walichagua njia fulani, lakini sasa wanafikiria huenda kama wangechukua njia mbadala basi mambo yao yangekuwa rahisi kuliko sasa. Hawa ni wale watu ambao walikuwa na nafasi ya kuweza kuajiriwa au kujiajiri, wao wakakataa kuajiriwa na kuamua kujiajiri, lakini sasa kwenye kujiajiri wamekutana na magumu (more…)
“This is the mark of perfection of character—to spend each day as if it were your last, without frenzy, laziness, or any pretending.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.69 Kuiona siku hii mpya ya leo ni jambo la kushukuru sana. Kwa sababu ni bahati ambayo tumeipata sisi wachache, Wapo wengi waliopenda kuipata (more…)