Upo usemi unaosema kwamba ukipigana na nguruwe, wote mtachafuka matope, wakati wewe itakuwa kadhia kwako, nguruwe atakuwa anafurahia hali hiyo. Maana rahisi ya usemi huu ni kwamba, mtu yeyote unayegombana, kubishana au kushindana naye, unajishusha kwenye viwango vyake. Na hata kama utashinda chochote unachopambana naye, kushiriki kwako kwenye mapambano yako (more…)
“We don’t abandon our pursuits because we despair of ever perfecting them.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.2.37b Tunayo siku nyingine mpya nw nzuri sana kwetu wanamafanikio, Siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu wa NIDHAMU, UADILIFU NA KUJITUMA pamoja (more…)
Kuna viashiria viwili ambavyo ukiviona kwa mtu, unajua kabisa lazima atafanikiwa, haijalishi anaanzia wapi au anafanya nini. Na viashiria hivyo vinapokosekana kwa mtu, basi unajua anasukuma tu maisha, hakuna namna anaweza kufanikiwa. Kiashiria cha kwanza ni UHITAJI AMBAO MTU ANAO. Kama mtu anakihitaji kitu kweli, kwa namna ambayo hakuna kinachoweza (more…)
“Don’t tell yourself anything more than what the initial impressions report. It’s been reported to you that someone is speaking badly about you. This is the report—the report wasn’t that you’ve been harmed. I see that my son is sick—but not that his life is at risk. So always stay (more…)
Kila mtu kuna mahali amekwama kwenye maisha yake, Haijalishi amepiga hatua kubwa kiasi gani, bado kuna hatua kubwa zaidi anazoweza kupiga. Lakini wengi wamekuwa hawapigi hatua hizo zaidi. Kwa sababu kunakuwa na vikwazo ambavyo vimewakwamisha. Ni rahisi kuangalia nje na kuona vikwazo vya nje ambavyo vinamkwamisha mtu. Labda mazingira, hali (more…)
“Do now what nature demands of you. Get right to it if that’s in your power. Don’t look around to see if people will know about it. Don’t await the perfection of Plato’s Republic, but be satisfied with even the smallest step forward and regard the outcome as a small (more…)
“Do now what nature demands of you. Get right to it if that’s in your power. Don’t look around to see if people will know about it. Don’t await the perfection of Plato’s Republic, but be satisfied with even the smallest step forward and regard the outcome as a small (more…)
Kujifunza ni rahisi, Kuomba na kupokea ushauri ni rahisi, Kuweka malengo na mipango ni rahisi, Lakini inapofika wakati wa kuchukua hatua, hapo ndipo ugumu unapoanzia. Kuchukua hatua ni kugumu sana kwa sababu kuna nafasi ya kushindwa, na watu wengi wamekuwa hawapendi kushindwa kwenye chochote wanachofanya. Hivyo watu huwa wanafanya zoezi (more…)
“Wherever a person can live, there one can also live well; life is also in the demands of court, there too one can live well.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.16 Ni siku mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi nyingine nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
Kuna kitu kimoja nimekuwa nakiona kila ninapokuwa nawashawishi watu kununua bidhaa au huduma fulani. Wale watu ambao wanaonekana kama hawataki kununua, wanakuwa wabishi na wenye vikwazo mbalimbali, huwa wanakuwa ndiyo wanunuaji wazuri sana wa chochote unachouza. Watu hawa huwa wanaanza na ubishi na vikwazo kama njia ya kukupima wewe muuzaji. (more…)