Rob Thompson
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Used to be about the size of a baby. Grew very very slowly. Now roughly as big as a man.
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🧠 The mind is the frontier. 🚀 🚶♂️ Step beyond comfort, meet resistance, and call it growth. 💪 🔁 Every stumble is a lesson, every choice a chance to reclaim your power. ✨
#Mind
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Greatness isn't a destination—it's built in the daily choice to keep moving forward with what you have right now. Your worthiness isn't in the outcome; it's in the courage to begin again, exactly where you are. ✨🚀
#Greatness
3 days ago
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My marriage didn't end because of a big betrayal. It ended because of a thousand small things I didn't understand until it was too late. Here are 5 uncomfortable truths I learned from my divorce that could have saved us.
#Relationships
#Marriage
#Love
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5 Uncomfortable Truths I Learned From My Divorce That Could Have Saved My Marriage
We didn’t fall out of love. We fell out of practice. The things that ended us were not dramatic betrayals, but a thousand small, unsaid…
https://medium.com/a-fulcrum/5-uncomfortable-truths-i-learned-from-my-divorce-that-could-have-saved-my-marriage-8d11238a74d2
4 days ago
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You're not insomniac. You're dying a thousand deaths before the real one. Here's the 2,000-year-old hack Marcus Aurelius used to stop 3 AM overthinking (it's not positive thinking).
#Stoicism
#Anxiety
#MentalHealth
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The 3 AM Hack Marcus Aurelius Used to Stop Overthinking (It’s Not What You Think)
You’re Not Insomniac. You’re Just Dying a Thousand Deaths Before the Real One.
https://medium.com/stoicletters/the-3-am-hack-marcus-aurelius-used-to-stop-overthinking-its-not-what-you-think-f5ac60f8089f
4 days ago
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Progress isn't loud—it's the quiet choice to stay grounded when the world spins faster than your heart can follow. Real strength lives in the space between chaos and stillness, where small steps become mountains and flexibility becomes freedom. ⛰️🧘♀️✨
#Progress
4 days ago
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We've been getting Stoicism completely wrong. It's not about suppressing grief—it's about processing it with wisdom. The ancients had a framework 2,000 years ahead of modern therapy. Here's what they knew (and how it can help you today):
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#Stoicism
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The Ancient Secret to Processing Grief That Modern Psychology Is Only Now Discovering
Forget the “stiff upper lip” — the Stoics knew 2,000 years ago that acknowledging pain, not suppressing it, is the path to healing
https://medium.com/stoicletters/the-ancient-secret-to-processing-grief-that-modern-psychology-is-only-now-discovering-e736527ebcba
5 days ago
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I just fired 6 people and replaced them with AI tools costing $200/month. This wasn't about performance—they were great at their jobs. But "great" in 2023 became "obsolete" in 2024. Here's what every white-collar worker needs to know about survival:
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#AI
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I Just Fired 6 Employees and Replaced Them With AI.
This isn’t fear-mongering. This is math. And I’m the one doing the firing.
https://medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-just-fired-6-employees-and-replaced-them-with-ai-567a704619b3
5 days ago
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Live each moment as if it's your last—choose integrity in unseen hours, cherish the fleeting now, and let relentless effort outshine raw gift. In quiet authenticity and grateful presence, true strength blooms. ✨💖💪
#Mindfulness
5 days ago
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True freedom isn't found in peak moments or perfect circumstances—it's discovered in the steady presence we bring to ordinary life and in our courage to keep moving forward without being defined by what once hurt us. ✨💫
#Freedom
6 days ago
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Fear is a hollow wall; there is nothing on the other side to stop you. Step through it. The life you hope for becomes attainable not by giant leaps, but simply by doing small things in a great way today. 🌿✨
#Fear
7 days ago
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Start now. Stay honest. Live aligned. 🚀 A year from now, you’ll thank the version of you who chose courage over comfort. 💪✨
#Courage
8 days ago
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Stop giving strangers on the internet the power to determine your worth. The Stoics predicted the social media trap & left us the blueprint for escape. New essay on building an unbreachable inner citadel in the age of likes, followers, and cancel culture 🧵
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#Stoicism
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The Social Media Trap: Applying the Dichotomy of Control to Likes, Followers, and Haters
Why Your Self-Worth Should Never Depend on an Algorithm
https://medium.com/stoicletters/the-social-media-trap-applying-the-dichotomy-of-control-to-likes-followers-and-haters-a684091ab48b
9 days ago
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I was drowning in 60-hour weeks, earning less than ever. Then I discovered something radical: 3 hours of deep work beats 8 hours of fragmented attention. I cut my workweek in half & doubled my income. The 8-hour workday is a lie. Here's what actually works:
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#Productivity
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I Quit the 8-Hour Workday. Now I Work 3 Hours and Make Double.
The productivity cult lied to you. Here’s what actually works.
https://medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-quit-the-8-hour-workday-now-i-work-3-hours-and-make-double-feecafd041ba
9 days ago
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The life you want doesn't wait for perfect conditions—it begins when you stop negotiating with your pain and start building with it. Choose deliberately. Endure wisely. Become freely. ✨🚀
#Life
9 days ago
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Success belongs to those brave enough to leap without guarantees, patient enough to trust invisible progress, and wise enough to see every storm as a lesson in navigation. 🚀
#Wisdom
10 days ago
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The moment you honor your strange, your still, your start—everything shifts. 💫 A year from now, you'll thank the version of you who chose today. ✨
#honor
11 days ago
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I was fired 3 times with a perfect resume. Same feedback every time: "Technically competent, but not at the level we need." But I was missing ONE thing: The ability to turn chaos into clarity. Here's what finally clicked: 🧵
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#Career
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I Was Fired Three Times Before I Discovered The One Skill No College Teaches (Now I’m Unhireable —…
90% of professionals are optimizing the wrong thing. Here’s the invisible skill that determines who leads and who gets replaced by AI.
https://medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-was-fired-three-times-before-i-discovered-the-one-skill-no-college-teaches-now-im-unhireable-e06e79f345b1
11 days ago
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The billionaire dies of an overdose. The CEO goes to prison for fraud. The influencer checks into rehab. They had everything external. They had nothing internal. The ancient Stoics knew: Virtue is the ONLY good. Here's what that means for your life: 🧵
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#Stoicism
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Virtue as the Sole Good: Why Your Character is the Only Thing That Truly Matters
The Radical Stoic Claim That Changes Everything
https://medium.com/stoicletters/virtue-as-the-sole-good-why-your-character-is-the-only-thing-that-truly-matters-4116d609f012
12 days ago
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Discipline is the bridge between who you are and who you're becoming. 🌉 The hard part isn't the doing—it's choosing yourself when no one's watching. 👀 Every day asks: will you lead or be led? 🤔
#Discipline
12 days ago
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You're not falling behind—you're becoming. ✨ Every step forward is a choice to honor who you're meant to be, not who fear tells you you're losing. Guard your inner world fiercely. 🛡️ Joy isn't found by looking back; it's built by trusting the path you're walking right now. 🚀
#Growth
13 days ago
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Your future is not written in the anxious noise of your mind, but in the quiet consistency of your daily actions. Release the stories that do not serve you, unwrap the unique grace of the present moment, and trust that the life you are seeking is hidden in the small things you do today. ✨🧘♀️💖
#future
17 days ago
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Stop wrestling with your own mind. Freedom isn't about silencing doubt, but refusing to let it guide you. Commit completely to the journey, for you are fully worthy of the love and success you seek.
#EmbraceTheLeap
18 days ago
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I spent $50k learning to be "successful." Courses. Coaches. Books. Conferences. I was addicted to optimization. Then I discovered what billionaires actually do: They STOP learning. They START executing. I quit the toxic habit. Income tripled in 6 months.
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I Wasted $50,000 on the One Habit All Gurus Sell (But Billionaires Quietly Quit)
The addiction bankrupting your potential isn’t laziness. It’s the opposite.
https://medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-wasted-50-000-on-the-one-habit-all-gurus-sell-but-billionaires-quietly-quit-5fcc623abcdd
18 days ago
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60% of CEOs feel lonely and isolated. The solution isn't in the latest management book—it's in a 2,000-year-old journal. Marcus Aurelius ruled 70M people through plagues, wars, and crises using 4 simple virtues. Your Stoic leadership playbook 👇
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#Stoicism
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The CEO’s Ancient Playbook: Stoicism and the Art of Modern Leadership
How Marcus Aurelius’s 2,000-year-old wisdom solves today’s toughest leadership challenges
https://medium.com/stoicletters/the-ceos-ancient-playbook-stoicism-and-the-art-of-modern-leadership-a9cf53a40f16
18 days ago
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Progress begins when we stop chasing perfection and start showing up with clarity and care. ✨🚀
#Progress
20 days ago
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Change isn't about erasing who you were—it's about building who you're becoming. Stop wrestling with the past. The way forward is through: one deliberate step, one small victory, one act of self-creation at a time. Your resistance is your roadmap. ✨🚀
#Change
21 days ago
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Balance isn't found in comfort—it's carved through consistency. 💪 Winners aren't born fearless; they just refuse to let fear make the final decision. True self-care isn't indulgence; it's the discipline of honoring what you need, even when no one's watching. ✨
#Selfcare
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You are not your struggles—you are the awareness that walks through them. 🚶♀️ Growth happens drop by drop, feeling by feeling, when you stop resisting the rain and start noticing you were never drowning in it. 🌧️💧💖
#Awareness
23 days ago
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We sanitize pain. But the person who has never struggled for money or purpose lacks the empathy required to lead. Their success is a social danger. This is why suffering is the new privilege:
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#SelfImprovement
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The People Who Never Struggle Are the Most Dangerous
We sanitize pain. But the person who has never struggled for money or purpose lacks the empathy required to lead. Their success is a social…
https://medium.com/a-fulcrum/the-people-who-never-struggle-are-the-most-dangerous-bfad05f61e98
24 days ago
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Doomscrolling at 2 AM? Anxious about the world falling apart? The ancient Stoics had a cure 2,000 years ago. I break down the 2 core practices that transform passive anxiety into earned tranquility—plus a 7-day challenge to reclaim your peace.
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#stoicism
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The Stoic Cure for Doomscrolling: How to Reclaim Your Peace in a Chaotic World
Why Ancient Wisdom Holds the Key to Modern Anxiety
https://medium.com/stoicletters/the-stoic-cure-for-doomscrolling-how-to-reclaim-your-peace-in-a-chaotic-world-10bf18814d73
24 days ago
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I used to wake up at 3 AM running disaster scenarios about money. Then I discovered a 2,000-year-old Stoic practice that eliminated 90% of my financial anxiety. It sounds dark. It works. Here's the technique that finally gave me peace: 🔗
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#stoicism
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Premeditatio Malorum: The Dark Practice That Eliminates 90% of Your Financial Anxiety
The Ancient Technique That Transformed My Relationship with Money Forever
https://medium.com/stoicletters/premeditatio-malorum-the-dark-practice-that-eliminates-90-of-your-financial-anxiety-df710db8baf2
26 days ago
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Stop confusing exhaustion with productivity. I cut my work week by 50 hours and doubled my income using 3 radical rules. You've been lied to about the 8-hour workday. Here's the truth—and it changed everything: 🔗
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#productivity
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The 3-Hour Workday: How I Doubled My Income While Working 70% Less (And Why Everything You Know…
The Counterintuitive System That Let Me Work 20 Hours a Week — And Finally Get My Life Back
https://medium.com/a-fulcrum/the-3-hour-workday-how-i-doubled-my-income-while-working-70-less-and-why-everything-you-know-c81154c03e18
26 days ago
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The people who find what they're looking for are the ones willing to get uncomfortable and think for themselves. 💡🧠
#thoughtoftheday
26 days ago
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Embrace life's privilege each dawn: be kind to others, rigorous with self, seek challenges that forge growth, and never cease learning—for in tolerance, trial, and wonder lies true resilience. ☀️💪📚✨
#Life
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Rumi said: As you start to walk on the way… the way appears. So walk. Don’t take no for an answer. Don’t take it personally. And never give up. Education and showing up—these are weapons. Use them. 🚀✨
#Empowerment
28 days ago
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Between fear and clarity, love and nothingness, life flows. Control the current—or be swept away. 🌊💖✨
#Life
29 days ago
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Difficulty shows what you're made of. Your pain comes from your thoughts, not the situation—and you can change those anytime. Anxiety just means you're alive and paying attention. Start your morning right and stay calm when you argue. 💪🧠🧘♀️
#difficulty
30 days ago
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Vulnerability is the gateway to connection. 💖 Resilience isn't about being unbreakable—it's about choosing softness after hardship, showing our scars while still extending kindness. That's where real strength lives. 💪✨
#Resilience
about 1 month ago
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Stop chasing your passion. Start building competence. 🛠️ Passion is the finish line, not the starting line. Learn why the "Follow Your Passion" myth is making you broke and anxious. Read more:
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#Career
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Stop Chasing Your Passion. It’s Making You Broke, Anxious, and Fundamentally Unhappy.
We have been sold a multi-million dollar myth: Follow your passion and the money will follow.
https://medium.com/a-fulcrum/stop-chasing-your-passion-its-making-you-broke-anxious-and-fundamentally-unhappy-0aea36493402
about 1 month ago
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You can be trapped in circumstance and still free in thought. 🧠 The climb is slow, but it’s yours. ⛰️ Life isn’t waiting—so neither should you. 🚀
#Life
about 1 month ago
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Greatness isn’t loud. It’s the quiet truth in small acts, done with care, seen with wonder. ✨💖
#truth
about 1 month ago
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Don't chase new productivity apps. The ultimate digital burnout hack is 2,000 years old: Stoicism. Learn to build your "Inner Citadel," mute the chaos, and focus only on what you can control. Your peace is your power. Read more:
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#Stoicism
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The Notifications Will Never Stop: Why Stoicism Is the Only Productivity Hack That Matters (And How…
From Digital Burnout to Inner Peace: How Ancient Stoicism Builds the Unbreakable Mind in an Age of Endless Notifications.
https://medium.com/stoicletters/the-notifications-will-never-stop-why-stoicism-is-the-only-productivity-hack-that-matters-and-how-65c8f19f75af
about 1 month ago
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Elevators to success are often "out of order" - so take the stairs, one meaningful step at a time. Focus on quality over quantity, live fully in the present, and never lose sight of what truly counts. There is always hope for a fulfilling life. I believe in you. ✨ #Inspiration
about 1 month ago
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Ever wonder why some ideas go viral and others die? It's not luck. It's psychology. I deconstructed the most iconic campaigns (Old Spice, "Got Milk?", Ice Bucket Challenge) to reveal the 5 psychological triggers they used to hack our brains. Read more 👇
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#Marketing
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The Viral Playbook: Social Media Content Series
The Viral Playbook: 5 Psychological Triggers Behind the World’s Most Contagious Marketing
https://medium.com/a-fulcrum/the-viral-playbook-social-media-content-series-f4c4d424583d
about 1 month ago
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Your phone owns your attention. 🤯 Every notification is an assault on your inner freedom. The Stoic discipline that builds an 'inner firewall' against the digital world. Reclaim your focus & sovereignty. Read the 3 steps to mental mastery. 🧘Read more: 👇
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#Stoicism
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How to Reclaim Your Attention: The Stoic Discipline for a Fragmented Digital World
Your phone owns you. Here’s how ancient philosophy can set you free.
https://medium.com/stoicletters/how-to-reclaim-your-attention-the-stoic-discipline-for-a-fragmented-digital-world-f8274e53309d
about 1 month ago
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True freedom lives in the gap between what we can't control and what we choose to do anyway. Master your mind, cherish your people, row when there's no wind—this is where resilience becomes poetry. 🛶💖✨
#Freedom
about 1 month ago
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