Kama unataka kupika chipsi mayai, lazima kwanza uvunje mayai. Sasa kama unataka kula chipsi na mayai lakini hutaki kuvunja mayai, tayari umeshashindwa kabla hata hujaanza. Inapokuja kwenye safari ya mafanikio, wapo watu ambao wanataka kufanikiwa, lakini hawataki maisha yao yatikisike. Yaani wanataka waendelee kuwa na marafiki walionao, waendelee kupata mapumziko (more…)
“Indeed, if you find anything in human life better than justice, truth, self-control, courage—in short, anything better than the sufficiency of your own mind, which keeps you acting according to the demands of true reason and accepting what fate gives you outside of your own power of choice—I tell you, (more…)
Inapokuja kwenye safari ya mafanikio, kwenye kila eneo la maisha yetu, watu wengi wamekuwa wanakwama kwa sababu hawajui wanachofanya au wanachoamini. Hivyo watu hawa inakuwa rahisi kwao kufanya chochote, hata kama siyo sahihi, kwa sababu tu wanataka kupata kile wanachotaka. Na hapa wanatengeneza mambo ambayo baadaye yanakuwa kikwazo kwao. Kwa (more…)
“Often injustice lies in what you aren’t doing, not only in what you are doing.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 9.5 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu (more…)
Tabia ya kuahirisha mambo ni moja ya tabia zinazowazuia watu wengi kufanikiwa. Kuweka malengo na mipango ya mafanikio ni rahisi sana, lakini inapofika wakati wa kutekeleza kile ulichopanga, ndipo tabia ya kuahirisha inapoingia na mtu kujiambia utafanya baadaye au utafanya ukiwa tayari. Sasa tumekuwa tunailaumu sana tabia ya kuahirisha mambo, (more…)
“When you see someone often flashing their rank or position, or someone whose name is often bandied about in public, don’t be envious; such things are bought at the expense of life. . . . Some die on the first rungs of the ladder of success, others before they can (more…)
Nimekuwa napata bahati ya kuwajua watu wengi tangu walipokuwa wanaanzia chini kabisa kwenye safari yao ya mafanikio mpaka pale wanapopiga hatua zaidi. Na kwa kila ninayemjua ambaye ameanzia chini, wote mbeleni hukiri kwamba kabla hawajapiga hatua, walikuwa wanajizuia wao wenyewe. Mtu mmoja alikuwa hajaanza biashara kwa miaka mingi, akisema mahali (more…)
“Whenever disturbing news is delivered to you, bear in mind that no news can ever be relevant to your reasoned choice. Can anyone break news to you that your assumptions or desires are wrong? No way! But they can tell you someone died—even so, what is that to you?” —EPICTETUS, (more…)
Kitu kimoja unachopaswa kujua na kukizingatia kila siku ni kwamba hasira ni usumbufu. Unapokuwa na hasira, unahamisha umakini wako kutoka kwenye mambo muhimu na kuupeleka kwenye mambo ambayo siyo muhimu. Na wale ambao wanataka kunufaika na wewe kwa namna fulani au wanaotaka ukosee, huwa wanatumia mbinu ya kuamsha hasira zako, (more…)
“Receive without pride, let go without attachment.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.33 Tumepata nafasi ya kuiona siku hii nyingine nzuri sana kwetu leo. Ni nafasi ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu wa NIDHAMU, UADILIFU NA KUJITUMA pamoja na mwongozo wa (more…)