Stoicism

-= Embrace Every Obstacle =-

Having a tough day?

Your life is filled with obstacles. They challenge you to be better.

Don't fear them. Embrace them...

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-= You Are Not A Victim! =-

Have you suffered at the hands of other people?

It hurts. You're left feeling exposed and vulnerable. But you're not a victim unless you choose to be.

You have an inner power that cannot be taken. It can only be given away...

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-= You ARE What You DO =-

You have SO MUCH potential. The difference between where you are now and where you could be is ACTION.

You must act to progress.

Let's take a look at action and its many benefits...

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-= Stoicism In A Nutshell =-

There is a stark difference between a stoic and a Stoic.

Join me for a brief exploration of Stoicism, the philosophy of the "Painted Porch."

Learn to live a life of virtuous self-mastery...

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-= Try Your Hand At the Broom =-

🧹 Don't forget the lessons of the humble sweeper.

If you missed that "salutary branch of a business education," give the broom a try!

There is no task too small when approached with a humble desire to do it well.

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-= Gather Strength As You Go =-

Having a tough day? Is the entire universe aligned against you?

Life will test you repeatedly.

Choose to see each trial as an opportunity to gather strength.

Vires acquirit eundo...

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-= Never Let Them Stop You =-

Have you ever been exiled by your tribe?

It is a powerful weapon against dissent, especially among teenage cliques in high school.

My universal advice as a coach to teenage girls facing exile from their tribe...

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-= I Do, Therefore I Am =-

Don't whittle your life away being a consumer of knowledge.

Simply thinking and dreaming do not define you.

Action does...

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-= Freedom Requires Uncertainty =-

Want more freedom?

Then you must embrace uncertainty and the discomfort it brings.

Only then can you seize opportunity...

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-= Amor Fati =-

The past is set.

The only choice you have is the way forward.

Accept this with peace in your heart and gain strength...

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-= Speak with Actions =-

Actions often betray words.

So let your actions do most of the talking...

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-= Premeditatio Malorum =-

Every plan must account for what might go wrong.

Otherwise, you'll spend much of your life in perpetual surprise at your terrible luck.

Premeditate evils or they will own you.

Here's how...

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-= You Must Burn to Shine =-

You view pain and suffering as something to be avoided.

But the best among have suffered the most.

Pain is the fuel required for shining bright.

One does not exist without the other.

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-= Easy Come, Easy Go =-

Easy or free seems great at first.

🤔 But how much do you value it?

Turns out the things we value most cost us the most...

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-= Live In the Moment =-

Yesterday is a memory.
Tomorrow may never come.
You only have this moment.

Try these 7 approaches to living in the moment...

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-= Failure Often Precedes Success =-

Michael Jordan is of the greatest basketball players of all time.

He is also a failure many times over.

How can these two statements coexist?

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-= Indecision Is the Thief of Opportunity =-

It will steal you blind...

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