Siku hizi kila mtu anataka kuwa maarufu. Na umaarufu wenyewe sasa unachekesha sana. Kwa sababu ni umaarufu hewa, umaarufu ambao hauna msingi, umaarufu ambao upepo ukivuma tofauti basi unapotezwa kabisa. Tunapenda umaarufu kwa sababu tunajua utatupa ‘koneksheni’, utatufungulia baadhi ya milango kwa sababu unapokuwa unajulikana ni rahisi kupata baadhi ya (more…)
“I was shipwrecked before I even boarded . . . the journey showed me this—how much of what we have is unnecessary, and how easily we can decide to rid ourselves of these things whenever it’s necessary, never suffering the loss.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 87.1 Tumeiona siku hii ya leo (more…)
Hakuna kitu kisichokuwa na manufaa kwenye maisha yetu. Hata kama kitu ni kibaya kiasi gani, kuna namna tunaweza kukitumia na kikaleta manufaa kwenye maisha yetu. Tabia ya kuahirisha mambo imekuwa kikwazo kwa watu wengi kupiga hatua na kufanikiwa kwenye maisha yao. Unakuwa na malengo makubwa na unapanga kabisa hatua za (more…)
“Won’t you be walking in your predecessors’ footsteps? I surely will use the older path, but if I find a shorter and smoother way, I’ll blaze a trail there. The ones who pioneered these paths aren’t our masters, but our guides. Truth stands open to everyone, it hasn’t been monopolized.” (more…)
Watu huwa wanasema hawajaingia kwenye biashara kwa sababu hawana mitaji, hawana muda, hawana wazo zuri, hawana uzoefu au hawana mwongozo sahihi. Lakini hizo zote siyo sababu za kweli, kwa sababu vitu vyote hivyo unaweza kuvipata kwa wengine hata kama wewe huna. Kama huna mtaji unaweza kuupata kwa wengine kupitia njia (more…)
“I’ll never be ashamed to quote a bad writer with a good saying.” —SENECA, ON TRANQUILITY OF MIND, 11.8 Ni siku mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi nyingine bora sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Msingi wetu ni NIDHAMU, UADILIFU (more…)
Kuna mambo mengi tumekuwa tunafanya kwenye maisha yetu, ambayo siyo tu hayana manufaa, lakini pia yanapoteza muda wetu kwa kuvuruga utulivu wa ndani yetu. Mfano kuna mahali unakwenda, na unataka sana kuwahi, lakini njiani ukakutana na foleni ambayo ni ndefu na inakwenda taratibu sana. Hapo unaanza kupatwa na mawazo mengi, (more…)
“Therefore, explain why a wise person shouldn’t get drunk—not with words, but by the facts of its ugliness and offensiveness. It’s most easy to prove that so-called pleasures, when they go beyond proper measure, are but punishments.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 83.27 Ni siku mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee wana (more…)
Watu huwa wanafanya maamuzi kwa hisia na siyo kwa kufikiri. Hivyo kama kuna kitu unataka watu wafanye, basi gusa hisia zao kama unataka kuwashawishi wafanye. Usitoe tu maelezo makavu ambayo yanaelezea kitu, bali toa maelezo yenye hisia ndani yake, ambayo yatamsukuma mtu kuchukua hatua sasa. Hisia zenye ushawishi mkubwa kwa (more…)
Hatufanyi kazi iliyo bora kabisa kwa sababu hatuweki akili yetu na umakini wetu wote kwenye kile tunachofanya. Hatumalizi kazi tulizonazo kwa wakati kwa sababu tunaruhusu usumbufu wa kila aina kuingilia kazi zetu. Dawa ya kuondokana na hali hizo ni kutukuza kile unachofanya. Na hapa nina maana rahisi sana, wala usije (more…)