
Phil Van Treuren
@StoicSimple1
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π Author & Entrepreneur; 7-figure DTC brand owner. Get ππ©π¦ ππ΅π°πͺπ€ ππ’π£ππ¦ ππ°π°π¬ & more at https://t.co/MW57ZAh0QM
Cleveland, OH
Joined November 2022
My dad used to be a stand-up comic. When I was 13 and having a tough time w/life, his friend @pattonoswalt (also a comic, not famous yet) called me. I recall him saying "you won't even remember this shit" that seemed so horrible at the time, and "life gets better." He was right.
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Just had a glimpse of perspective re: my country's magnitude on the human timeline. I have a lot of naΓ―vetΓ©, and learning about history is laying that bare. It's a bit uncomfortable.
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Donβt fall into doomer traps. Literally, this is the best time to be alive. You, the person reading this, can make the world even better.
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That feeling when you see through all false binaries, picking and choosing tidbits of info you need to continue on your own path, wearing your mask when needed but understanding it is just a mask, in the flow of the senses
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The "Lay of the Last Survivor" from "Beowulf." (2241-2270). It is a reflection on exile, loss, and the decay of society. From Mr. Seamus Heaney's translation.
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Cool to see ππ©π¦ ππ΅π°πͺπ€ ππ’π£ππ¦ ππ°π°π¬ being used in this classroom! Mr. Grutsch seems like an awesome teacher. π
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Just noticed I crossed 15,000 subscribers for my Stoic Simple email newsletter! I don't check these numbers often enough π
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Starting the second volume of ππ©π¦ ππ°πΆπ―π΅ π°π§ ππ°π―π΅π¦ ππ³πͺπ΄π΅π° that I picked up in Edinburgh (I'm a slow reader). Great book!
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The Sirens Seduced Not With Song Or Pleasure, But With The Prospect Of Knowledge https://t.co/GU2pcrVhYk via @QuintusCurtius
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Many readers, no doubt, have heard the Homeric fableΒ about the Sirens.Β These were the alluring mythical creatures who, by using their advanced powers of song, were able to divert mariners who happβ¦
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Re-watched ππ©π¦ ππ³π¦π’π΄πΆπ³π¦ π°π§ π΅π©π¦ ππͺπ¦π³π³π’ ππ’π₯π³π¦ yesterday, and I think it's now my all-time favorite movie π¬
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π₯ ππ©π¦ ππͺπ΅π΅ππ¦ ππ°π°π¬ π°π§ ππ΅π°πͺπ€ ππΆπ°π΅π¦π΄ is now the #1 best seller in Amazon's "Ethics & Morality" category! You can get the ebook for just $0.99 today.
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Iβm a big fan of βThe Little Book of Stoic Quotesβ by @StoicSimple1 I own the physical copy and keep coming back to it. The ebook is just $0.99 today (and is on the No. 1 Amazon bestseller list) You can grab it here: https://t.co/H2FVVwU0PM
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Many organize 99% of their lives around the 1% of the time that other people are thinking about them, it's one of the most silently tragic asymmetries of life
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Found out this morning that a customer in Arizona requested 30 signed copies of ππ©π¦ ππ΅π°πͺπ€ ππ’π£ππ¦ ππ°π°π¬ to "give to friends" on her birthday. (We no longer sell signed books, but I drove into HQ & signed them for her anyway.) Happy birthday, Amy in Queen Creek! π
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Really enjoyed watching this Scottish guy review my book on Amazon. "Not too fat, not too thin, just about right." π
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Will's first day in first grade! (Seeing that U.S. flag displayed backward almost drove me to Photoshop this pic, but I really need to stop being so uptight π€·ββοΈ)
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Got this thoughtful gift from the @ecommercefuel team today . . . such a nice surprise! π₯³ Joining eComFuel six years ago was one of the most pivotal moments in my life; I still can't believe I'm part of such an extraordinary group of entrepreneurs. The members of ECF (whether
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I bought a @dremel today, and now I'm wondering how the hell I survived 48 years without one π
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School starts tomorrow . . . celebrating the last day of summer break! π₯³
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An 1887 photo from Belmont, Nevada that I repaired for mi madre (she's working on a local historical project). @Photoshop and @Magnific_AI for the win! π
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Just found this 2005 newspaper clip, I had completely forgotten about it. "Camp Katrina" was actually the first website I ever built . . . it sort of set me on the path to becoming an e-com entrepreneur!
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