Kupanga ni rahisi, kila mtu ana mipango mikubwa sana, hata kama hajui anawezaje kufikia mipango hiyo. Kuchukua hatua ni pagumu kidogo, ndiyo maana baadhi ya wale wengi wenye mipango ndiyo wanaochukua hatua kwenye mipango waliyonayo. Kumaliza kile ambacho mtu ameanza ni kugumu sana, ndiyo maana wachache sana kati ya wale (more…)
“I judge you unfortunate because you have never lived through misfortune. You have passed through life without an opponent—no one can ever know what you are capable of, not even you.” —SENECA, ON PROVIDENCE, 4.3 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi hii nzuri (more…)
Hakuna biashara mbaya, bali kuna wafanyabiashara wabaya. Hakuna uwekezaji mbaya, bali kuna wawekezaji wabaya. Hakuna mapenzi mabaya, bali kuna wapenzi wabaya. Hakuna uongozi mbaya, bali kuna viongozi wabaya. Tumezoea kulaumu hali kwamba ni mbaya, wakati hali hizo haziwezi kuwa na uzuri au ubaya, bali zinabeba kile ambacho kipo kwa mhusika (more…)
“We must undergo a hard winter training and not rush into things for which we haven’t prepared.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 1.2.32 Tushukuru sana kwa nafasi hii nyingine nzuri ambayo tumeweza kuiona siku hii ya leo. Siyo kwa akili zetu, wala uwezo wetu, bali ni bahati tu. Hivyo tutumie vizuri bahati hii (more…)
Maji ndiyo kitu huru kuliko vyote hapa duniani. Hii ni kwa sababu hakuna chochote kinachoweza kuyazuia maji. Yakiwekwa kwenye kikombe yanaingia, yakiwekwa kwenye chupa yanaingia. Yanaweza kuwa yabisi, yakawa kimiminika na yakawa mvuke kulingana na mazingira yanavyotaka. Yanaweza kuchukua umbo na nafasi yoyote inayopatikana. Yanaweza kuvunja miamba mikubwa sana hata (more…)
“Men, the philosopher’s lecture-hall is a hospital—you shouldn’t walk out of it feeling pleasure, but pain, for you aren’t well when you enter it.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.23.30 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ambayo tumeiona leo. Ni nafasi bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi (more…)
“Lengo la kuanzisha biashara ni kutengeneza na kuuza kitu ambacho watu wanakihitaji na kukiuza kwa faida na kisha kutumia faida hiyo kuajiri timu bora ambayo itatengeneza kilicho bora zaidi.” Huo ndiyo muhtasari wa biashara kwa sentensi moja. Chochote zaidi ya hapo ni kujisumbua tu. Sasa rudia hili na mimi, kwa (more…)
“The rational soul is stronger than any kind of fortune—from its own share it guides its affairs here or there, and is itself the cause of a happy or miserable life.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 98.2b Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa nafasi hii nzuri sana tuliyoipata leo. Ni siku bora na ya (more…)
Nimewahi kukueleza thamani ya ushauri wa bure, ambao watu wamekuwa wanakupa au unajitolea kuwapa watu wengine. Kwamba thamani ya ushauri huo ni sifuri na utakugharimu sana pale ambapo utaanza kuufanyia kazi. Leo nakwenda kukupa upande wa pili wa vitu vya bure au rahisi. Upande huo ni kwenye biashara yako. Wafanyabiashara (more…)
“Whenever you take offense at someone’s wrongdoing, immediately turn to your own similar failings, such as seeing money as good, or pleasure, or a little fame—whatever form it takes. By thinking on this, you’ll quickly forget your anger, considering also what compels them—for what else could they do? Or, if (more…)