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title: "Daily Inspiration: “When your old reality is gone for a time, it’s best to make a new one!”"
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# Daily Inspiration: “When your old reality is gone for a time, it’s best to make a new one!”

*“When your old reality is gone for a time, it’s best to make a new one!”* – Futurist Jim Carroll

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What other choice do we have?

Reality has forever changed, and so it’s up to each and every one of us to somehow make the most of it.

I will admit I miss the stage, the travel, the audiences, the joy that comes from inspiring people. I miss the opportunity to really dig into the issues and trends that a particular client faces, and potential pathways forward. Heck, I miss the followup emails thanking me for my talk!

But that’s gone, and probably for quite some time. So I can’t wave a magic wand and make my go back there.

I can do the things that I can control – I can focus on what I will do today to get through the day, working to capture those moments when I can get a smile onto my face. To bring a smile to those in my small personal circle around me, and to the larger virtual circles in which I participate.

And I know I should do what I can to try to continually position myself for a better tomorrow despite massive uncertainty.

With that in mind, I extracted this image from a clip I filmed in the home broadcast studio yesterday in which I talk about these issues.

I’m going to post it shortly to my blog – I’d encourage you to watch it at https://jimcarroll.com/blog

Because…. In the clip I talk about how I had a small win!

In this new life I’m building, the wins come small and tiny, but any win is a win, and we’ll take them as they come!

Because to a degree, it’s all about redefining success in our new reality!