Kwenye maisha huwa tunawadanganya wengine, tukijua kabisa kwamba tunadanganya, lakini inafika hatua tunajidanganya na sisi wenyewe. Kuna kichekesho kimoja ambapo mtu alikwenda kisimani kuchota maji, akakuta kuna foleni ya watu wengi, na kuona atachelewa kuchota maji. Alikuwa amebeba embe anakula. Akajiuliza anawezaje kuwashawishi watu hao ili achote maji haraka. Baada (more…)
“Atreus: Who would reject the flood of fortune’s gifts? Thyestes: Anyone who has experienced how easily they flow back.” —SENECA, THYESTES, 536 Ni siku nyingine mpya, siku nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Ni nafasi bora kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu (more…)
Ukirusha kitu juu, kitarudi chini. Ukipanda juu ya jengo refu au mti mrefu na ukajiachia, utadondoka chini, na huenda ukaumia sana. Kinachofanya vitu vianguke chini ni nguvu ya mvutano ambayo ipo ndani ya dunia. Nguvu hii inatuzuia sisi binadamu tusiweze kupaa na hata kufanya vitu vikae karibu na dunia badala (more…)
“Throw out your conceited opinions, for it is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.17.1 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana ya leo. Ni nafasi nzuri sana kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora (more…)
Kwa watu ambao hawana fedha nyingi, ugumu wa kupata fedha ni sehemu ya maisha yao, mara nyingi wanaishi kwenye hali ya kukosa fedha na hata kuwa wamefilisika. Hilo ni rahisi kueleweka na kila mtu. Kitu ambacho siyo rahisi kueleweka ni pale mtu ambaye ameweza kujijengea utajiri mkubwa, mtu ambaye ana (more…)
“It isn’t events themselves that disturb people, but only their judgments about them.” —EPICTETUS, ENCHIRIDION, 5 Ni jambo la kushukuru sana kwa kila mtu aliyeiona siku hii nyingine mpya kwetu. Siyo kwa nguvu wala akili zetu tumepata nafasi hii, bali kwa bahati ya kipekee mno. Tungeweza kukubwa na mabaya yaliyowakumba (more…)
Hakuna kipindi ambacho watu wamevurugwa kama zama tunazoishi sasa. Hizi ni zama pekee ambazo watu wanafikiri mafanikio yatatokana na mwonekano na siyo kutokana na kazi. Hivyo watu wamekuwa wanaweka nguvu kubwa kwenye mwonekano, kuhakikisha wanaonekana na wengi. Mitandao ya kijamii imechochea sana hili, sasa hivi watu wanapima mafanikio yao kwa (more…)
“From the very beginning, make it your practice to say to every harsh impression, ‘you are an impression and not at all what you appear to be.’ Next, examine and test it by the rules you possess, the first and greatest of which is this—whether it belongs to the things (more…)
Huwa tunaweka sheria mbalimbali ili kutuongoza kwenye maisha yetu, lakini siyo wakati wote sheria zinaweza kuleta matokeo mazuri. Ndiyo maana hata kwenye tawala za nchi, licha ya sheria kuwa wazi na zinajulikana, bado tunahitaji kuwa na mahakama, ili kuweza kutumia busara na hekima kufikia maamuzi ambayo ni bora kwa kila (more…)
“When it comes to money, where we feel our clear interest, we have an entire art where the tester uses many means to discover the worth . . . just as we give great attention to judging things that might steer us badly. But when it comes to our own (more…)