Mtu mmoja amewahi kusema kama maisha ni vita basi hakuna anayetoka akiwa hai. Akiwa na maana kwamba mwisho wa siku wote tutakufa, hivyo tunachopaswa kufanya ni kupambana kwenye kile ambacho tunapitia. Kila mtu anapitia magumu kwenye maisha yake, hakuna ambaye maisha yake yamenyooka na anapata kila anachotaka kwa wakati anaotaka. (more…)
“Remember that it’s not only the desire for wealth and position that debases and subjugates us, but also the desire for peace, leisure, travel, and learning. It doesn’t matter what the external thing is, the value we place on it subjugates us to another . . . where our heart (more…)
Sisi binadamu ndiyo viumbe pekee ambao tumepewa nguvu ya kuyabadili mazingira yetu na kuyatengeneza kwa namna tunavyotaka sisi wenyewe. Viumbe wengine hawajapewa uwezo mkubwa kama tulionao. Mti ukishaota mahali utakaa hapo maisha yake yote, iwe ni mazingira mazuri au mabaya. Simba akishazaliwa maisha yake yote yatakuwa ya uwindaji, hakuna kingine (more…)
“Robbers, perverts, killers, and tyrants—gather for your inspection their so-called pleasures!” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.34 Ni siku mpya, nzuri na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Ni nafasi nzuri kwetu kwenda kuweka juhudi kubwa ili kuweza kupata matokeo bora sana. Kwa msingi wetu wa NIDHAMU, UADILIFU NA KUJITUMA pamoja na mwongozo wa (more…)
Mapinduzi makubwa yanayoendelea kwenye sayansi na teknolojia, hasa ukuaji wa sekta ya TEHAMA, unaleta mvurugano mkubwa sana kwenye eneo la kazi. Kazi ambazo zilikuwa zinafanywa na watu, sasa hivi zinaweza kufanywa vizuri sana kwa kompyuta na programu mbalimbali. Hili limepunguza sana uhitaji wa watu kwenye maeneo ya kazi. Hili limewafanya (more…)
“Remember to conduct yourself in life as if at a banquet. As something being passed around comes to you, reach out your hand and take a moderate helping. Does it pass you by? Don’t stop it. It hasn’t yet come? Don’t burn in desire for it, but wait until it (more…)
Kuna mafanikio na mafanikio makubwa. Pale unapokuwa kwenye asilimia 5 ya juu zaidi ya wengine, hapo umefanikiwa. Lakini unapokuwa kwenye asilimia 1 ya juu ya mafanikio, hapo una mafanikio makubwa na ya viwango vya juu. Sasa kinachokufikisha kwenye asilimia 5, siyo kitakachokufikisha kwenye asilimia 1 ya mafanikio. Utafika kwenye asilimia (more…)
“This is the true athlete—the person in rigorous training against false impressions. Remain firm, you who suffer, don’t be kidnapped by your impressions! The struggle is great, the task divine—to gain mastery, freedom, happiness, and tranquility.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 2.18.27–28 Ni bahati iliyoje kwetu kuweza kuiona siku hii nzuri sana ya (more…)
Unaomba ushauri utakuwaje mwandishi bora kabla hata hujakaa chini na kuandika. Au utauzaje kitabu chako kwa mafanikio wakati hata hujaandika sentensi moja ya kitabu hicho. Ni yale yale ya kuomba ushauri wa utafanikiwaje kwenye biashara wakati hujaanza hata biashara yenyewe, na wala huna mpango wa kuanza karibuni. Au kuomba ushauri (more…)
“It is quite impossible to unite happiness with a yearning for what we don’t have. Happiness has all that it wants, and resembling the well-fed, there shouldn’t be hunger or thirst.” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 3.24.17 Siku mpya, siku bora na ya kipekee sana kwetu. Ni fursa bora na ya kipekee sana (more…)