Unaomba ushauri utakuwaje mwandishi bora kabla hata hujakaa chini na kuandika. Au utauzaje kitabu chako kwa mafanikio wakati hata hujaandika sentensi moja ya kitabu hicho. Ni yale yale ya kuomba ushauri wa utafanikiwaje kwenye biashara wakati hujaanza hata biashara yenyewe, na wala huna mpango wa kuanza karibuni. Au kuomba ushauri (more…)
“It is quite impossible to unite happiness with a yearning for what we don’t have. Happiness has all that it wants, and resembling the well-fed, there shouldn’t be hunger or thirst.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.24.17 Siku mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Ni fursa bora na ya kipekee sana (more…)
Ni kujilinganisha na watu wengine. Unapojilinganisha na watu wengine, unajishusha chini au kujipandisha juu kwa namna ambayo siyo sahihi kwako. Ukijilinganisha na walio juu yako utajiona wewe hujafanya chochote na hivyo kujiikia vibaya sana. Ukijilinganisha na walio chini yako utajiona umefanya makubwa sana na kuridhika na kuanza kupumzika. Kujilinganisha ni (more…)
“If someone asks you how to write your name, would you bark out each letter? And if they get angry, would you then return the anger? Wouldn’t you rather gently spell out each letter for them? So then, remember in life that your duties are the sum of individual acts. (more…)
Zipo sababu nyingi sana za wewe kufanya mambo sahihi, kuwa mwema kwa wengine na kufanya kila ambacho umepanga kufanya. Lakini moja ya sababu kubwa, na ambayo inaweza kukusukuma zaidi ni kufikiria huenda nafasi uliyonayo sasa ndiyo ya mwisho kwako. Kwa kujua kwamba hutapata nafasi nyingine ya kufanya kazi au biashara (more…)
“Clear your mind and get a hold on yourself and, as when awakened from sleep and realizing it was only a bad dream upsetting you, wake up and see that what’s there is just like those dreams.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.31 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana (more…)
Mara nyingi utawasikia watu wakilaumu ushauri ambao walipewa na watu wengine, pale wanapokuwa wameufanyia kazi halafu ukaleta matokeo ambayo ni tofauti na waliyotarajia. Hapa unaweza kujiuliza je ushauri ni lazima ufanyiwe kazi, kwani mtu anapokupa ushauri anakuambia lazima uufanyie kazi? Majibu ni hapana, ushauri, na unapaswa kuutafakari kisha kuona kama (more…)
“For to be wise is only one thing—to fix our attention on our intelligence, which guides all things everywhere.” —HERACLITUS, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS Ni jambo la kushukuru sana kwa nafasi hii nyingine nzuri tuliyoipata leo. Hatujaipata nafasi hii kwa sababu tuna akili au tu wajanja sana, bali tumeipata kama (more…)
Kikwazo kikubwa ambacho kimekuwa kinawazuia watu wengi kuchukua hatua ni kukosa uhakika wa asilimia 100. Wengi wamekuwa wanapenda kupiga hatua na kufikia mafanikio makubwa, lakini pale wanapotaka kufanya hivyo, wanaanza kuingiwa na hofu wanapouangalia uhalisia. Kwa kuwa binadamu hatupendi hatari, tunapenda kufanya vitu ambavyo tuna uhakika navyo. Na hapo ndipo (more…)
“Whenever you get an impression of some pleasure, as with any impression, guard yourself from being carried away by it, let it await your action, give yourself a pause. After that, bring to mind both times, first when you have enjoyed the pleasure and later when you will regret it (more…)