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31 Dec 20, 7 tweets, 2 min read
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- 11 Stoic rules for life
- Getting out of a low mood
- How to refresh and reset yourself
- Stoic responses to difficult situations
- 10 quick Stoic lessons
- Ways to level-up your Stoic wisdom

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1. 11 Stoic Rules for Life
2. Getting out of a low mood
3. How to refresh and reset yourself
4. Stoic responses to difficult situations
5. 10 quick Stoic lessons
6. Ways to level-up your Stoic wisdom

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What Is Stoicism? 🌷 Profile picture
15 Dec 20
7 simple Stoic actions that help me get out of a low mood

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1. Check in with right now

I might be feeling worried or down right now,

but that’s the result of judgements I’m making in my head.

Outside my head, those judgements don’t exist.

I can appreciate I’m here and that if my basic needs are met then everything else is a bonus.
"Be happy for this moment,

this moment is your life."

- Marcus Aurelius
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11 Dec 20
The guiding virtues of a Stoic:

✅ Wisdom
✅ Courage
✅ Justice
✅ Temperance

And what they mean 👇
Wisdom is:

✅ Good sense
✅ Good calculation
✅ Quick-wittedness
✅ Discretion
✅ Resourcefulness

The knowledge of what is good and bad.
Courage is:

✅ Endurance
✅ Confidence
✅ Cheerfulness
✅ Industriousness

The state of the soul that is unmoved by fear.
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20 Nov 20
Sometimes you grow weary because familiar sets of circumstances that shouldn’t cause disturbance cause disturbance.

Disturbance enough that simple tasks are a burden.

You think: "Oh, this again – why do you do this to yourself?"

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Stop.

Fight the emotional impulse.

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You aren’t going to yield to it this time, you’re going to remember that it will pass just like last time.

More promptly because you’re getting better at noticing it.

This feeling is as ephemeral as stormy weather. It’ll clear.

Every storm ceases to exist soon.

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11 Nov 20
10 quick lessons Stoicism has taught me

(From reading ancient and modern texts, practicing principles and engaging with others)

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1. Life is a mere moment

Don’t waste time on things outside your control
2. It’s always the right decision to do the right thing.

(And to say the true thing).
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4 Oct 20
𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀👇
Cleanthes & Deschamps: The Water Carriers

Before a game between @ManUtd & @juventusfcen in 1996, Utd’s Eric Cantona sparked a row with Juve’s Didier Deschamps.

“He gets by because he gives 100% but he will never be more than a water carrier,” said Cantona.
“The water carrier” was also the nickname given to Cleanthes (born 330 BC), who literally had the job of transporting water in Athens.

Cleanthes was noted for continuing his manual labours even after becoming a well-known Stoic philosopher.
Cantona’s implication was that Deschamps lacked ability and was only capable of doing “dirty work.”

Deschamps response was simple:

“A water carrier? Yes, that’s exactly what I am. Great teams are not just created by the architect but also by bricklayers and hod carriers.”
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29 Sep 20
At the start of this entertaining conversation between @DonJRobertson & @ScottFlear, DR talks about his method of teaching philosophy through ancient anecdotes.

The interview itself took a similar format, here are some of the best stories and lessons👇👇
livelikelouise.co.uk/donald-roberts…
[Socrates & Critobulus]

• Critobulus asks Socrates to help him make friends
• S asks C to list the qualities in an ideal friend
• C obliges
• S asks, “How many of these qualities do you have?”
• C - “....”

☝️Work on your own character first and you will attract the same.
[The Reserve Clause]

• The Stoics didn’t discourage the pursuit of external goals
• They should be pursued with the acceptance that they might not be achieved
• “Neurosis is caused by inflexible demands.” - Albert Ellis

☝️Having strong preferences > having inflexible demands
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