--- # Daily Inspiration: "In a world of big change, we are surrounded by some very small minds!" **URL:** https://jimcarroll.com/2026/01/daily-inspiration-it-a-world-of-big-change-we-are-surrounded-by-some-very-small-minds/ Date: 2026-01-23 Author: JimCarroll Post Type: post Summary: “In a world of big change, we are surrounded by some very small minds!” – Futurist Jim Carroll There are still some people fighting the battles of 2024, the issues of 2022, the world of 2020, the realities of 2018. It’s 2026. Everything has changed. What happens in a time of big change is that […] Categories: Blog, Daily Inspiration Featured Image: https://jimcarroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BigChangeSmallMinds.jpg --- *"In a world of big change, we are surrounded by some very small minds!"* - Futurist Jim Carroll ![](https://jimcarroll.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/BigChangeSmallMinds.jpg) There are still some people fighting the battles of 2024, the issues of 2022, the world of 2020, the realities of 2018. It's 2026. ***Everything has changed.*** What happens in a time of big change is that the small minds refuse to let go of where they were, and find it impossible to go to where the rest of the world is going. They struggle to comprehend the new order of the world because they are still raging about the old one. They can't let go of their desire to go back to where they think we should be going, rather than going to where the rest of us are going. 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