Maisha ni kitu ambacho kila mtu anakipata mara moja, baada ya miaka michache yanayeyuka na hakuna mwenye uhakika nini kinatokea baada ya maisha haya kuwa yameisha. Dini na falsafa zina nadharia tofauti, lakini kwa kuwa hakuna aliyewahi kwenda akarudi, tunabaki gizani kwamba nini kinatokea baada ya kuwa tumeondoka kwenye haya (more…)
“Where is Good? In our reasoned choices. Where is Evil? In our reasoned choices. Where is that which is neither Good nor Evil? In the things outside of our own reasoned choice.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.16.1 Hongera sana rafiki yangu mpendwa kwa nafasi hii nyingine ambayo umeipata leo. Ni nafasi ya (more…)
Ili kufika kule unakotaka kufika kwenye maisha yako, unahitaji kuwa na mipango ya kukufikisha pale. Mipango ni muhimu sana, kwa sababu hakuna chochote kinachotokea kama muujiza. Lazima kifanyiwe kazi kwa mpango unaoeleweka. Lakini mipango imekuwa kikwazo kwa wengi kupata kile wanachotaka. Kwa sababu wanapoweka mipango, wanataka kila kitu kiende kama (more…)
“God laid down this law, saying: if you want some good, get it from yourself.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.29.4 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi nzuri kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu wa NIDHAMU, UADILIFU NA (more…)
Unaweza kuyaishi maisha yako kwa mitazamo miwili, Moja kila kitu ni kibaya kwako, na hapa kila kinachotokea utaona ubaya ndani yake. Ukifukuzwa kazi unaona kuna wabaya wako wamefanya ufukuzwe. Mahusiano uliyonayo yakivunjika unaona upande wa pili ulikuwa na matatizo. Ukianzisha biashara na ikafa unaona uchumi ni mgumu au huna bahati (more…)
“Then what makes a beautiful human being? Isn’t it the presence of human excellence? Young friend, if you wish to be beautiful, then work diligently at human excellence. And what is that? Observe those whom you praise without prejudice. The just or the unjust? The just. The even-tempered or the (more…)
Kanuni ya masoko na matangazo ni hii, watu wanahitaji kuambiwa kitu mara saba kabla hawajakisikia kwa mara ya kwanza. Ndiyo maana unaona makampuni na biashara nyingi huwa zinakuwa na matangazo yanayojirudia rudia mara kwa mara. Ni asili ya binadamu kwamba mtu anapoambiwa kitu kwa mara ya kwanza hakipi uzito wowote, (more…)
“The raw material for the work of a good and excellent person is their own guiding reason, the body is that of the doctor and the physical trainer, and the farm the farmer’s.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.3.1 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi ya (more…)
Inapokuja kwenye mawazo ya kuanza biashara au ujasiriamali, watu hukabili hilo kwa mitazamo miwili, ambayo inaendana na ufunguo na kufuli. Wapo ambao wanaanza kutengeneza ufunguo, kisha wanazunguka kutafuta kufuli ambalo litakubali kufunguliwa na ufunguo huo. Hili ni zoezi gumu sana, kwa sababu hata ufunguo uwe mzuri kiasi gani, itakuchukua muda (more…)
“How much better is it to be known for doing well by many than for living extravagantly? How much more worthy than spending on sticks and stones is it to spend on people?” —MUSONIUS RUFUS, LECTURES, 19.91.26–28 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi (more…)