Kufikiri chanya kumekuwa kunatumika vibaya na wengi. Wengi wanaamini kwamba ili ufanikiwe unachohitaji ni kufikiri chanya muda wote, kuwa na mategemeo chanya kwenye maisha hata pale unapopata matokeo ambayo siyo mazuri. Ni kweli kufikiri chanya na kuwa na mategemeo chanya kwenye maisha kunasaidia kuliko kuwa na fikra hasi na mategemeo (more…)
“Well-being is realized by small steps, but is truly no small thing.” —ZENO, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.1.26 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana tuliyoiona leo. Ni nafasi bora sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa (more…)
Kuna wakati unakosa kabisa hamasa ya kuchukua hatua ili kufika kule unakotaka kufika. Wengi husubiri mpaka wapate hamasa ndiyo wachukue hatua. Lakini kuhubiri siyo njia sahihi ya kupata hamasa. Badala yake unapaswa kufanya kitu, na hicho huzalisha hamasa ya kukuwezesha kufanya zaidi. Kuna wakati unajikuta njia panda na hujui ni (more…)
“I’m constantly amazed by how easily we love ourselves above all others, yet we put more stock in the opinions of others than in our own estimation of self. . . . How much credence we give to the opinions our peers have of us and how little to our (more…)
Kama umekuwa unaona matangazo ya biashara ya kampuni mbalimbali, utakubaliana na mimi kwamba hakuna tangazo unaliona mara moja. Chukulia mfano wa kampuni za simu, kama unaishi maisha kawaida ya kutoka nyumbani kwako kwenda kwenye shughuli zako, utakutana na matangazo ya kampuni ya simu siyo chini ya mara kumi. Ukifungulia tv (more…)
“Joy for human beings lies in proper human work. And proper human work consists in: acts of kindness to other human beings, disdain for the stirrings of the senses, identifying trustworthy impressions, and contemplating the natural order and all that happens in keeping with it.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 8.26 Ni (more…)
Angalia kitu chochote kinachoanguka kwenye maisha yako, chochote ambacho kinashindwa na utaona wazi kwamba kuna mahali ulipuuza. Kuna wakati ulipuuza kuchukua hatua muhimu ambazo ulipaswa kuchukua. Kuna wakati ulizembea na kuchelewa kuchuka hatua ulizopaswa kuwa umechukua. Iwe ni kazi inaaguka, labda huipendi kazi hiyo, kipato ni kidogo au umefukuzwa, ukiangalia (more…)
“You say, good fortune used to meet you at every corner. But the fortunate person is the one who gives themselves a good fortune. And good fortunes are a well-tuned soul, good impulses and good actions.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.36 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana (more…)
Huwa tunaamini sana watu kwa kile wanachotuambia, hata kama wanatudanganya. Tunaamini watu wanatuambia ukweli, hasa pale wanapojiamini katika kusema wanachotuambia. Na wale wenye nia ya kutudanganya, huwa wana mbinu za kutufanya tuamini wanachotuambia. Kama usipokuwa makini, ni rahisi sana kuingia kwenye kudanganywa au kutapeliwa na wengine. Njia pekee ya kujua (more…)
“Show me that the good life doesn’t consist in its length, but in its use, and that it is possible—no, entirely too common—for a person who has had a long life to have lived too little.” —SENECA, MORAL LETTERS, 49.10b Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana (more…)