Ni kujilinganisha na watu wengine. Unapojilinganisha na watu wengine, unajishusha chini au kujipandisha juu kwa namna ambayo siyo sahihi kwako. Ukijilinganisha na walio juu yako utajiona wewe hujafanya chochote na hivyo kujiikia vibaya sana. Ukijilinganisha na walio chini yako utajiona umefanya makubwa sana na kuridhika na kuanza kupumzika. Kujilinganisha ni (more…)
“If someone asks you how to write your name, would you bark out each letter? And if they get angry, would you then return the anger? Wouldn’t you rather gently spell out each letter for them? So then, remember in life that your duties are the sum of individual acts. (more…)
Zipo sababu nyingi sana za wewe kufanya mambo sahihi, kuwa mwema kwa wengine na kufanya kila ambacho umepanga kufanya. Lakini moja ya sababu kubwa, na ambayo inaweza kukusukuma zaidi ni kufikiria huenda nafasi uliyonayo sasa ndiyo ya mwisho kwako. Kwa kujua kwamba hutapata nafasi nyingine ya kufanya kazi au biashara (more…)
“Clear your mind and get a hold on yourself and, as when awakened from sleep and realizing it was only a bad dream upsetting you, wake up and see that what’s there is just like those dreams.” —MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 6.31 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii nyingine nzuri sana (more…)
Mara nyingi utawasikia watu wakilaumu ushauri ambao walipewa na watu wengine, pale wanapokuwa wameufanyia kazi halafu ukaleta matokeo ambayo ni tofauti na waliyotarajia. Hapa unaweza kujiuliza je ushauri ni lazima ufanyiwe kazi, kwani mtu anapokupa ushauri anakuambia lazima uufanyie kazi? Majibu ni hapana, ushauri, na unapaswa kuutafakari kisha kuona kama (more…)
“For to be wise is only one thing—to fix our attention on our intelligence, which guides all things everywhere.” —HERACLITUS, QUOTED IN DIOGENES LAERTIUS Ni jambo la kushukuru sana kwa nafasi hii nyingine nzuri tuliyoipata leo. Hatujaipata nafasi hii kwa sababu tuna akili au tu wajanja sana, bali tumeipata kama (more…)
Kikwazo kikubwa ambacho kimekuwa kinawazuia watu wengi kuchukua hatua ni kukosa uhakika wa asilimia 100. Wengi wamekuwa wanapenda kupiga hatua na kufikia mafanikio makubwa, lakini pale wanapotaka kufanya hivyo, wanaanza kuingiwa na hofu wanapouangalia uhalisia. Kwa kuwa binadamu hatupendi hatari, tunapenda kufanya vitu ambavyo tuna uhakika navyo. Na hapo ndipo (more…)
“Whenever you get an impression of some pleasure, as with any impression, guard yourself from being carried away by it, let it await your action, give yourself a pause. After that, bring to mind both times, first when you have enjoyed the pleasure and later when you will regret it (more…)
Pale unapokuwa njia panda katika kufanya maamuzi, ipo sheria inayoweza kukurahisishia zoezi la kufanya maamuzi yako. Sheria hiyo ni ya kumi tatu, ambapo unajiuliza maswali matatu yenye kumi ndani yako na yatakuwezesha kujua kipi sahihi kufanya. Swali la kwanza ni je kitu hiki kitakuwa muhimu kwangu dakika kumi zijazo? Hapa (more…)
“Keep constant guard over your perceptions, for it is no small thing you are protecting, but your respect, trustworthiness and steadiness, peace of mind, freedom from pain and fear, in a word your freedom. For what would you sell these things?” —EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES, 4.3.6b–8 Hongera sana mwanamafanikio kwa siku hii (more…)