“If someone is slipping up, kindly correct them and point out what they missed. But if you can’t, blame yourself—or no one.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 10.4 Kuiona siku hii mpya ya leo ni jambo la kushukuru sana. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili (more…)
Tunapoyaangalia mafanikio ya wengine, huwa tunaona vitu vikubwa sana ambavyo wamevifanya, na hilo linatukatisha tamaa na kuona kwamba hatuwezi kuwafikia. Kwa mfano wewe unapenda kuwa mwandishi, unamwangalia mtu unayevutiwa kupitia uandishi wake na unakuta ameandika vitabu zaidi ya kumi, tenda ndani ya miaka michache, wewe ukifikiria tu kuandika kitabu kimoja (more…)
“How satisfying it is to dismiss and block out any upsetting or foreign impression, and immediately to have peace in all things.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.2 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kupata (more…)
Kila kitu kina ugumu ndani yake, Hata kama kwa nje vitu vinaonekana rahisi kiasi gani, jua kwa ndani mambo siyo rahisi kihivyo. Hata kama watu wanakushawishi kwamba mambo ni rahisi, usiingie kirahisi kwenye ushawishi wao. Jambo lolote lenye manufaa na maslahi mapana kwa wengi, lina ugumu ndani yake. Jambo lolote (more…)
“We are like many pellets of incense falling on the same altar. Some collapse sooner, others later, but it makes no difference.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 4.15 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi bora kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)
Kuna hatua moja ambayo inaweza kuibadili biashara yoyote ile. Hatua hiyo ni kuongeza wateja zaidi kwenye biashara hiyo. Kila biashara ina ukomo wake kwenye wateja, kuna watu ambao wangeweza kunufaika na biashara hiyo, lakini hawajui uwepo wa biashara hiyo. Hivyo kama biashara itawekeza kwenye masoko, ikaweza kuwafikia wateja wengi zaidi (more…)
“As for me, I would choose being sick over living in luxury, for being sick only harms the body, whereas luxury destroys both the body and the soul, causing weakness and incapacity in the body, and lack of control and cowardice in the soul. What’s more, luxury breeds injustice because (more…)
Umeambiwa kuna tamthilia nzuri imetoka, kila mtu anaisifia, unapata shauku ya kwenda kuiangalia. Unakwenda kuiangalia, na hivi ndivyo inavyokwenda. Mwigizaji mkuu kwenye tamthilia hiyo, anazaliwa kwenye maisha ya utajiri, anasoma shule nzuri na kufaulu vizuri, anapata kazi nzuri, anakuwa na mke na familia nzuri anaishi maisha yake vizuri na kisha (more…)
“Whenever you experience the pangs of losing something, don’t treat it like a part of yourself but as a breakable glass, so when it falls you will remember that and won’t be troubled. So too, whenever you kiss your child, sibling, or friend, don’t layer on top of the experience (more…)
Kwenye safari ya mafanikio, hakuna mwalimu mbaya kujifunza kwake kama mafanikio yako ya nyuma, na hata ya wengine. Ni bora kujifunza kutoka kwenye kushindwa kwako au kwa wengine, utapata mafunzo mazuri kuliko kujifunza kutoka kwenye mafanikio. Mafanikio ni mwalimu mbaya kwa sababu ni vigumu sana kujua chanzo halisi cha mafanikio. (more…)