No person hands out their money to passersby, but to how many do each of us hand out our lives! We’re tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers.” —SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF (more…)
Muda na fedha ni rasilimali mbili zenye uhaba mkubwa kwa wengi. Muulize mtu yeyote ambaye hajapiga hatua fulani ambayo amekuwa anatamani kupiga na atakujibu muda hakuna, fedha hakuna. Kwa kuangalia maisha ya kawaida, ni rahisi kukubaliana na mtu kwamba hana muda na pia fedha ni changamoto. Lakini unapoacha kuangalia juu (more…)
“It’s better to conquer grief than to deceive it.” —SENECA, ON CONSOLATION TO HELVIA, 17.1b Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa kuiona siku hii nyingine nzuri ya leo. Ni nafasi ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni NIDHAMU, UADILIFU NA KUJITUMA, (more…)
Ndiyo mgodi wa dhahabu kwako kuweza kukua na kufanikiwa zaidi kwenye maisha yako. Kila mtu ana wateja ambao tayari anao sasa, hata kama hayupo kwenye biashara. Kuna watu wanaokuamini kwa kitu fulani unachofanya, hata kama hawakulipi kwa wewe kufanya kitu hicho. Hao ndiyo wateja ulionao sasa. Na hao ndiyo unaoweza (more…)
“Think of the life you have lived until now as over and, as a dead man, see what’s left as a bonus and live it according to Nature. Love the hand that fate deals you and play it as your own, for what could be more fitting?” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, (more…)
Kusubiri mpaka uwe umekamilika ndiyo adui wa mafanikio ya wengi. Watu wengi wamekuwa wanasubiri sana, wazianze kitu mpaka pale wanapokuwa wamekamilika, wanapokuwa na kila kitu wanachotaka. Kwa bahati mbaya sana, hakuna wakati wowote kwenye maisha yako ambao utakuwa umekamilika na kuwa na kila unachotaka. Hivyo basi, kama unataka kutoka hapo (more…)
“Don’t behave as if you are destined to live forever. What’s fated hangs over you. As long as you live and while you can, become good now.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.17 Kuiona siku hii mpya ya leo ni jambo la kipekee sana kwetu. Siyo kila aliyepanga kuiona leo amepata bahati (more…)
Ipo kauli maarufu kwamba mwekezaji mwenye mafanikio makubwa sana, Warren Buffett ana sheria kuu mbili za uwekezaji. Sheria ya kwanza ni usipoteze fedha na sheria ya pili ni usisahau sheria ya kwanza. Hivyo tu basi na kwa kufuata sheria hizo mbili ameweza kufanikiwa sana kwenye uwekezaji. Rafiki, tukiwaangalia watu ambao (more…)
“Keep death and exile before your eyes each day, along with everything that seems terrible—by doing so, you’ll never have a base thought nor will you have excessive desire.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 21 Ni jambo la kushukuru sana kwa sisi kuweza kuiona siku hii mpya na nzuri sana ya leo. Siyo (more…)
Binadamu huwa tuna tabia ya kujitengenezea utumwa wetu wenyewe. Tunaanza kufanya vitu kwa sababu ambazo hatuzijui, na baadaye tunajikuta tunaendelea kufanya vitu hivyo maisha yetu yote. Hivyo mtu unakuwa umetingwa kweli na vitu unavyofanya, lakini hata siku moja hujawahi kukaa chini na kujiuliza kwa nini unafanya. Hivyo unajikuta unafanya kwa (more…)