“The person who speaks much will seldom fulfill all his words in his actions. A wise person is always wary lest his words surpass his actions.” — CHINESE WISDOM Mtu anayeongea sana huwa siyo mfanyaji, Ni vigumu sana mtu kuweza kutekeleza kila anachosema kama anasema sana. Mtu mwenye hekima ni (more…)
Tunaweza kufurahia kwamba enzi za utumwa zimepita na sasa kila mtu yuko huru. Kwamba kile kipindi cha watu kuuzwa na kununuliwa kisha kumilikiwa na watu kama mali binafsi kimepita. Kwamba zile zama za watu kufanyishwa kazi kwa shuruti na bila malipo hazipo tena. Ukweli ni kwamba, utumwa haujaisha, utumwa bado (more…)
“Cling tooth and nail to the following rule: Not to give in to adversity, never to trust prosperity, and always to take full note of fortune’s habit of behaving just as she pleases, treating her as if she were actually going to do everything it is in her power to (more…)
Kwa asili sisi binadamu ni wabinafsi, huwa tunajali mambo yetu zaidi kuliko mambo ya wengine. Na hakuna ubaya wowote kwenye hili, japo jamii inapenda kutuonesha kwamba ubinafsi ni mbaya, ukitumika vizuri ndiyo njia ya uhakika ya kufanikiwa. Lazima uanze kwa kukiri kwamba chochote kile unachofanya ni kwa sababu yako binafsi. (more…)
“Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relatively to other such matter; second, telling other people to do so. The first kind is unpleasant and ill paid; the second is pleasant and highly paid.” – Bertrand Russell Kazi imegawanyika kwenye (more…)
Ni nadra sana kila kitu kwenda kama unavyotaka kiende. Hivyo kuacha kuchukua hatua mpaka wakati uwe sawa, kama unavyotaka wewe, ni kujichelewesha. Katika kila wakati kuna kitu hakitakuwa sawa, kuna changamoto binafsi utakuwa nazo, kuna changamoto za kimazingira au kiuchumi zinaweza kuibuka. Ukitaka sababu ya kutokufanya kitu chochote kile, utaipata (more…)
Marcus Aurelius wanted us “to bear in mind constantly that all of this has happened before. And will happen again—the same plot from beginning to end, the identical staging.” Kila kinachotokea sasa, kilishatokea tena huko nyuma. Hakuna kitu kipya kinachotokea hapa duniani. Mambo ni yake yake, yanajirudia kwa sura tofauti. (more…)
Kwenye safari ya mafanikio hakuna jeshi la mtu mmoja, kwamba utafanikiwa kwa kujitegemea wewe peke yako ni kujidanganya. Unahitaji ushirikiano wa watu wengine kwenye maeneo mbalimbali ndiyo uweze kufanikiwa. Kama ni biashara unahitaji kuwa na wabia, unahitaji kuajiri wasaidizi na unahitaji kupata wateja watakaonunua kile unachouza. Lakini kabla hujafika kwa (more…)
“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.” — Frank Herbert Moja ya nadharia za mageuzi inasema kiungo cha mwili kinachotumika sana huwa kinakuwa imara huku kile kisichotumika kikiwa dhaifu na hata kupotea kabisa. Na njia rahisi ya kupima hilo ni (more…)
Watu wenye hofu huwa wanapenda kuzungukwa na watu wenye hofu. Ungeweza kufikiri kwamba watu hao wangependa kuzungukwa na wasio na hofu, wanaojiamini ili nao washinde hofu zao. Lakini hivyo sivyo ilivyo, watu wenye hofu wanapenda kuzungukwa na wengine wenye hofu ili kuhalalisha hofu zao. Wanachotaka kuamini ni kwamba hofu walizonazo (more…)