Watu wengi wamedanganywa na kukubali kwamba ushindani ni kitu kizuri kwenye biashara na hata maisha kwa ujumla. Kwamba kadiri kunavyokuwa na watu wengi wanavyofanya kitu kinachofanana, ndivyo huduma zinakuwa bora na bei zinakuwa nzuri pia. Hiyo ni kweli, lakini pale ambapo wewe ni mteja au mtumiaji wa huduma ambazo zinatolewa (more…)
“Indeed, no one can thwart the purposes of your mind—for they can’t be touched by fire, steel, tyranny, slander, or anything.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.41 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Tumeipata nafasi bora kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. (more…)
Safari ya mafanikio ni safari ngumu sana kwa wengi kwa sababu inahitaji imani zaidi na kujidanganya pia. Kwa kuwa wengi hawajiamini wao wenyewe, safari hii inakuwa ngumu kwao. Na pia kwa kuwa wengi hawapo tayari kujidanganya (kwa nia nzuri) basi wanashindwa kabisa kupiga hatua. Aliyekuwa bondia bora kabisa duniani Mohamad (more…)
“What is your vocation? To be a good person.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 11.5 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri ya leo. Ni siku mpya na ya kipekee sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu wa NIDHAMU, UADILIFU NA KUJITUMA pamoja (more…)
Unapochagua kuyaishi maisha yako, unapochagua kufanya kile ambacho ni muhimu zaidi kwako na kupuuza vitu vingine, kuna watu ambao utawaumiza. Kama haupo tayari kuona wengine wakiumia kwa maisha uliyochagua, nafasi yako ya kufanikiwa ni ndogo au haipo kabisa. Kama unataka kila mtu akubaliane na wewe au apende kile unachofanya, huwezi (more…)
“I can’t call a person a hard worker just because I hear they read and write, even if working at it all night. Until I know what a person is working for, I can’t deem them industrious. . . . I can if the end they work for is their (more…)
Watu wengi wamekuwa wanasema wanapenda kufanya tahajudi, lakini wanaona hawana muda wa kukaa na kutulia kufanya tahajudi. Mtu mmoja amewahi kusema kama huwezi kutenga dakika kumi za kufanya tahajudi, basi unapaswa kujilazimisha kutenga dakika 20. Kwa sababu kama huwezi kupata dakika kumi basi maana yake maisha yako yamevurugwa sana kiasi (more…)
“Work nourishes noble minds.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 31.5 Ni furaha iliyoje mimi na wewe rafiki yangu kuiona siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Hatuna cha kusema bali shukrani kwa nafasi hii nyingine ya kipekee sana kwetu. Siyo kila aliyeweka mipango yake jana kwa ajili ya leo amepata nafasi hii (more…)
Kila mtu hana muda, mambo mengi muda mchache ni kauli ambayo kila mtu anakiri inaendana na hali yake. Lakini katika muda huo huo ambao wote tunao kwa usawa kila siku, kuna ambao wanafanya makubwa na kupiga hatua, wakati wapo ambao wanaona muda ukiyoyoma na wasione wamefanya nini. Watu wengi huanza (more…)
“The first thing to do—don’t get worked up. For everything happens according to the nature of all things, and in a short time you’ll be nobody and nowhere, even as the great emperors Hadrian and Augustus are now. The next thing to do—consider carefully the task at hand for what (more…)