“Inwardly, we ought to be different in every respect, but our outward dress should blend in with the crowd.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 5.2 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii mpya na bora sana tuliyoiona leo. Ni siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata (more…)
Rafiki, je umewahi kujikuta njia panda, ambapo unakuwa hujui useme nini au ufanye nini? Hii ni hali ambayo huwa inatukuta mara nyingi kwenye kazi zetu na hata maisha yetu pia. Tunakwama kuchukua hatua kwa sababu hatujui kipi tufanye. Au tunashindwa kutoa majibu kwa sababu hatujui nini tuseme. Sasa unajua wazi (more…)
“It is said that if you would have peace of mind, busy yourself with little. But wouldn’t a better saying be do what you must and as required of a rational being created for public life? For this brings not only the peace of mind of doing few things, but (more…)
Jukumu kubwa ambalo nimejipa kwenye maisha yangu, ni kuhakikisha wewe rafiki yangu, wewe ambaye umejiunga na mafunzo mbalimbali ninayotoa, unapata fedha zaidi. Ndiyo maana nimekuwa nakushirikisha mafunzo mengi yenye maarifa sahihi kuhusu fedha, na hata kukupa hatua za kuchukua ili kuongeza kipato chako zaidi. Na leo nakurudisha kwenye msingi muhimu (more…)
Ushauri ni moja ya vitu ambavyo vimekuwa vinatolewa kwa urahisi sana, kila mtu amekuwa na uwezo wa kutoa ushauri kwa wengine. Ukuaji wa mtandao wa intaneti na mitandao ya kijamii umefanya kila mtu aweze kutoa maoni yake kwenye jambo lolote lile, na hili pia limechangia kila mtu kuweza kuwa mshauri. (more…)
“For nothing outside my reasoned choice can hinder or harm it—my reasoned choice alone can do this to itself. If we would lean this way whenever we fail, and would blame only ourselves and remember that nothing but opinion is the cause of a troubled mind and uneasiness, then by (more…)
Kazi ya kwanza uliyonayo kwenye maisha yako ni kujiuza wewe mwenyewe. Simaanishi kujiuza kama ilivyozoeleka kwa wale wanaotumia miili yao kibiashara. Bali namaanisha kujiuza kwa kuwashawishi wengine kukubaliana na wewe, kukupokea wewe na kushirikiana na wewe kwenye kile unachotaka kushirikiana nao. Kama unatafuta kazi ya kuajiriwa lazima uweze kujiuza kwa (more…)
“Just as the nature of rational things has given to each person their rational powers, so it also gives us this power—just as nature turns to its own purpose any obstacle or any opposition, sets its place in the destined order, and co-opts it, so every rational person can convert (more…)
Kuna mambo huwa yanaweza kutokea, yanatufanya tujiulize kama kweli dunia ina huruma au inatujali sisi ambao tupo hapa duniani. Mambo hayo wakati mwingine yanatufanya kama kuna Mungu au nguvu kubwa inayoangalia mambo yanavyokwenda duniani na kwa nini iruhusu baadhi ya mambo kutokea, ambayo yanaonekana kabisa ni ya mateso kwa wasiostahili. (more…)
“This can be swiftly taught in very few words: virtue is the only good; there is no certain good without virtue; and virtue resides in our nobler part, which is the rational one. And what can this virtue be? True and steadfast judgment. For from this will arise every mental (more…)