# Daily Inspiration: “Stuck in an idea rut? Maybe you’ve got too much quo invested in your status!”
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“Stuck in an idea rut? Maybe you’ve got too much quo invested in your status!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Have you ever considered the possibility that your imagination machine is spectacularly broken and needs much more than a simple tune-up? That you are far too vested in where you've been rather than to where you should be going? Do you put too much energy into maintaining who you were - instead of working hard for what you could become? The mere idea of a status quo is a dangerous concept in an era of accelerating change - you can't afford to be glued down to your past with a mindset of complacent inaction. My theme for 2021 will be the idea of 'relentless reinvention' : that will be the core phrase that will drive my thinking throughout the year! My attitude is that it is almost a certainty that there will be many more curveballs thrown at me through the year and that it will involve a status of consistent volatility.  If 2020 was obviously hard - 2021 is going to be impressively complex! In order to thrive, I'll need to be able to do things I haven't done before, develop skills I do not yet know I need and get into a zone of regular reinvention. Knowing that makes it easier for me to put in the work to get there! I filmed a 'show' yesterday in the broadcast studio around my '10 Great Words' theme. Way back in 2005, I wrote my original list of the words that should guide our future, and it became something that was used to great effect on the stage through many subsequent years. https://jimcarroll.com/innovation-inspiration/10-great-words/ Each year since then, I've used this concept to develop a mindset to best align to a new year. Some have been posted, and others have not. But this year, I knew I needed a new list of concepts to drive me forward, and I will post it later today.

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Source: https://jimcarroll.com/2020/12/daily-inspiration-stuck-in-an-idea-rut-maybe-youve-got-too-much-quo-invested-in-your-status/