“What, then, makes a person free from hindrance and self-determining? For wealth doesn’t, neither does high-office, state or kingdom—rather, something else must be found . . . in the case of living, it is the knowledge of how to live.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.1.62–64 Kuiona siku hii nyingine nzuri ya leo (more…)
Watu wamekuwa wanatafuta sana mbinu za mafanikio. Wanaamini mbinu hizo zitawawezesha kupiga hatua kubwa. Ni kweli mbinu zinaweza kuleta matokeo ya tofauti, lakini mbinu ni kitu cha muda mfupi. Mbinu inaweza kutumiwa na yeyote na kama huna njia nyingine, washindani wako wanaweza kuitumia kukusumbua. Unachohitaji ili kufanikiwa siyo mbinu, bali (more…)
“Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.59 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata nafasi nyingine bora kwetu kwenda kuchukua hatua kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo ya tofauti (more…)
Thomas Edison alijaribu zaidi ya mara elfu kumi kabla ya kuweza kutengeneza balbu ya umeme. Colonel Sanders wa KFC aliuza wazo lake la upikaji tofauti wa kuku kwa watu zaidi ya elfu moja kabla ya kupata mmoja wa kukubali kufanyia kazi wazo lake na hapo ndipo mgahawa maarufu wa (more…)
“People aren’t in awe of your sharp mind? So be it. But you have many other qualities you can’t claim to have been deprived of at birth. Display then those qualities in your own power: honesty, dignity, endurance, chastity, contentment, frugality, kindness, freedom, persistence, avoiding gossip, and magnanimity.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, (more…)
Rafiki yangu mpendwa, Mimi kama kocha wako, kuna vitu vitatu ninavyohitaji kutoka kwako ili tuweze kwenda pamoja, ili ushirikiano wetu uweze kuwa na manufaa makubwa kwa kila mmoja wetu. Vitu hivi vitatu ndivyo vigezo ambavyo nimekuwa navitumia katika kuchagua watu wanaoweza kunufaika na huduma mbalimbali za ukocha ninazotoa. Kitu cha (more…)
“So someone’s good at taking down an opponent, but that doesn’t make them more community-minded, or modest, or well-prepared for any circumstance, or more tolerant of the faults of others.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 7.52 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumepata fursa nyingine ya kipekee (more…)
Sisi binadamu ni viumbe ambao tuna ubinafsi mkubwa. Huwa tunayaangalia maslahi yetu kwanza kabla hatujasumbuka na mambo mengine. Na hili la kuangalia maslahi yetu kwanza, limetumika vizuri na wengine katika kupata kile wanachotaka kupata kutoka kwetu. Tupo tayari kulipa zaidi kwenye kitu chochote, pale kinapokuwa na sifa zifuatazo; Ni kitu (more…)
“Such behavior! People don’t want to praise their contemporaries whose lives they actually share, but hold great expectations for the praise of future generations—people they haven’t met or ever will! This is akin to being upset that past generations didn’t praise you.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.18 Hongera mwanamafanikio kwa kupata (more…)
Tunapofikiria mafanikio kwenye maisha yetu, huwa tunafikiria mambo makubwa sana. Na kila tunapoyaangalia mambo hayo, huku tukiangalia pale tulipo sasa, huwa tunaona ni vigumu kufika pale. Tunakosa kabisa hata nguvu ya kuanza, kwa sababu tunakuwa hatujui tunaanzia wapi. Mara zote nimekuwa nakuambia ufikiri makubwa, lakini uanze kwa hatua ndogo. Hii (more…)