Archives for December 2017

“There is always opportunity for improvement. Define yourself with enthusiasm!” -Futurist  Jim Carroll

‘’ A different stage! A different focus! Skiing is all about innovation — I always have an innovation lesson ready! – you need to be relentless in your focus – you need to commit – you need to stick to your goals – you need to consistently and regularly mark and acknowledge your progress – you need to admit that while you might not know anything about the subject at hand, you are willing to spend the time to learn about it – you have to conquer your fear that you might fail

Enjoy your day!’’

“Spontaneity is oxygen for creativity – and a fuel for ingenuity!” -Futurist  Jim Carroll

‘’ People are locked into patterns. In big organizations, that routine develops a structure that is often necessary, but which can choke off creativity and innovation. This leads to a disease that I’ve come to call “organizational sclerosis” – which clogs up your ability to respond to rapid change.

How do you get around this? Try to do something new every day – set your mind to it! Take a look at a trend which is impacting you, and rather than worrying about it, take on some type of activity which helps you to confront it.

Sometimes, you just need to push yourself to try to do things you haven’t done before!’’

“In the era of acceleration, partial success today might be better than a perfect plan tomorrow!” – Futurist  Jim Carroll

“You’ve been told to think outside of the box, to drop the box or break it, to get rid of the box, think without the box, create a different box, or turn the box into something else! Here’s a better idea – maybe you should just think!” – Futurist Jim Carroll

In Western culture, the day after Christmas is known as #BoxingDay.

Without getting into the origins of the name, I will say that the old cliche about “thinking outside of the box” came into my mind about 3 am this morning!

Leading eventually of course, to today’s motivational quote!’