Ukuaji umekuwa kikwazo cha mafanikio ya wengi. Wengi wamekuwa wanaanza na malengo makubwa na kuweka juhudi kubwa mwanzoni, lakini wanafika mahali ambapo wanafanya kwa mazoea na hakuna ukuaji tena. Hapa ndipo wengi wanapokwama na kuwa na maisha ya mazoea huku wakipata matokeo ambayo wamezoea kupata. Hapa ndipo mtu anapokuwa kwenye (more…)
“Frame your thoughts like this—you are an old person, you won’t let yourself be enslaved by this any longer, no longer pulled like a puppet by every impulse, and you’ll stop complaining about your present fortune or dreading the future.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 2.2 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii (more…)
Kabla hujafanikiwa, watu wengi hawatasumbuka na wewe, unaweza kuishi utakavyo na ukasema chochote utakacho na watu watakupuuza tu. Kwa sababu huna mafanikio makubwa wengi hawakupi uzito, na chochote utakachosema hawatasumbuka nacho. Kwa kifupi kabla hujafanikiwa unakuwa na maisha huru zaidi inapokuja kwenye mahusiano yako na watu wengine. Lakini unapofanikiwa, mambo (more…)
“Keep this thought handy when you feel a fit of rage coming on—it isn’t manly to be enraged. Rather, gentleness and civility are more human, and therefore manlier. A real man doesn’t give way to anger and discontent, and such a person has strength, courage, and endurance—unlike the angry and (more…)
Ukilinganisha na umri ambao dunia imekuwepo na itaendelea kuwepo, maisha yetu ni mafupi sana. Hata kama utaishi miaka mia moja, ukilinganisha na mabilioni ya miaka ambayo dunia imekuwepo, muda tunaoishi ni kama tone la maji kwenye bahari. Kwa muda huo mfupi, wapo watu ambao wameweza kuacha alama kubwa hapa duniani, (more…)
“Don’t return to philosophy as a task-master, but as patients seek out relief in a treatment of sore eyes, or a dressing for a burn, or from an ointment. Regarding it this way, you’ll obey reason without putting it on display and rest easy in its care.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, (more…)
Watu wengi wanapokuwa wanaanza kazi au biashara mpya wanakuwa na hamasa kubwa sana mwanzoni. Japo mwanzo unakuwa mgumu, lakini watu hao wanakuwa na msukumo makubwa wa kujifunza na kuweza kufanya vizuri kile kipya wanachoanza. Kadiri muda unavyokwenda wanajua kila wanachopaswa kujua na hapo ndipo tatizo kubwa linapoingia, wanazoea kile wanachofanya (more…)
“If you wish to improve, be content to appear clueless or stupid in extraneous matters—don’t wish to seem knowledgeable. And if some regard you as important, distrust yourself.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 13a Siku mpya, Siku bora na siku ya kipekee sana kwetu. Ni nafasi nyingine nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu (more…)
Washindi wote wana vitu vilivyopo ndani ya fikra zao ambavyo vinawawezesha kupiga hatua zaidi kwenye maisha yako na kupata kile wanachotaka. Washindi wote wanaamini kwenye kile wanachofanya na wana uhakika wa kupata matokeo mazuri. Hawafanyi kwa kubahatisha au kutegemea muujiza, wanajua kile sahihi kufanya na kinacholeta matokeo sahihi. Washindi wote (more…)
“At every moment keep a sturdy mind on the task at hand, as a Roman and human being, doing it with strict and simple dignity, affection, freedom, and justice—giving yourself a break from all other considerations. You can do this if you approach each task as if it is your (more…)