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Daily Inspiration: “Accepting your new reality is the first step you can take in inventing yourself a better one!”
“Accepting your new reality is the first step you can take in inventing yourself a better one!” - Futurist Jim Carroll As we start to…
Daily Inspiration: “Challenge conventional wisdom. Look at the world in a different way every single day”
Daily Inspiration: "May you find your comfort in the joy!!!"
"May you find your comfort in the joy!!!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I am blessed. I am blessed by family, health, friends, a wonderful career…
Daily Inspiration: "The centuries old relationship between doctor and patient is changing, connectivity is increasing, and transformation is accelerating. How can you possible keep doing what you've done before?"
Daily Inspiration: “Act on your dreams! ‘Hopefully’ should be a verb, rather than just a desire!"
“Act on your dreams! ‘Hopefully’ should be a verb, rather than just a desire!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Far too many people live in the…
Daily Inspiration: "You see them playing Fortnite. I see them developing critical skills for the coming world of virtual, remote work!"
Daily Inspiration: "....Experiential capital is the new capital for the 21st century!”
“There’s no time to learn, to study, to plan. With that being your new reality, figure out what you don’t know, and do the things…
Daily Inspiration: "It's not the trend that matters - it's what you do with it that counts!"
"It's not the trend that matters - it's what you do with it that counts!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Organizations, and the people within them,…
Daily Inspiration: "Spend more time looking back from where you will be - rather than looking forward to where you might be!"
"Spend more time looking back from where you will be - rather than looking forward to where you might be!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Note:…
Daily InspiratIon: "Your plan for your future needs to be something much more than ¯\_(ツ)_/¯!"
"Your plan for your future needs to be something much more than ¯\_(ツ)_/¯!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Somewhere along the way, 'whatever' became the foundation…
Daily Inspiration: "Your blessings are a reward for your initiative, and a reminder of your achievements!"
"Your blessings are a reward for your initiative, and a reminder of your achievements!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I count my blessings by the joy…
Daily Inspiration : “You will always have the opportunity to turn the worst day of your life into the rest of your life!”
“You will always have the opportunity to turn the worst day of your life into the rest of your life!” - Futurist Jim Carroll "We…
Daily Inspiration: "Visionaries spend more time thinking about their world in ways they might not have thought about before!"
"Visionaries spend more time thinking about their world in ways they might not have thought about before!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I'm typing this post…
Daily Inspiration: "You can't manufacture intelligence, but with some intelligence, you can manufacture tomorrow!"
"You can't manufacture intelligence, but with some intelligence, you can manufacture tomorrow!" - Futurist Jim Carroll As AI envelopes the world in 2023, everyone is…
Daily Inspiration: "A failure of your imagination is not the most desirable of all outcomes!"
"A failure of your imagination is not the most desirable of all outcomes!" - Futurist Jim Carroll If you are going to try and do…
Daily Inspiration: "The seed of industry ideas has been replanted, a part of your future is now reinvented elsewhere!"
Daily Inspiration: "The secret to your future? Showing up!"
"The secret to your future? Showing up!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Nothing great was ever achieved through active inaction. Postponing initiatives is the root of…
Daily Inspiration: “We are all Phil Connors!”
“We are all Phil Connors!” - Futurist Jim Carroll It is estimated that 1.5 billion people on our small orb are in lockdown or under…
Daily Inspiration: "You don’t know what you don't know, until you try and do something you've never done before. Then, you know!"
Daily Inspiration: “What makes you think that you can solve your new problems with old methods?”
“What makes you think that you can solve your new problems with old methods?” - Futurist Jim Carroll Creatures of habit eventually discover that the…
An Inspirational Recap: What I Learned from Eminem and Spinal Tap Last Week!
I've started a short little video series - each week I take a look at what drove me to write the 5 Daily Inspirations each…
Daily Inspiration: "A stale agenda is guaranteed to lead to stale results!"
"A stale agenda is guaranteed to lead to stale results!" - Futurist Jim Carroll To be a leadership speaker is to be someone who gets…
Daily Inspiration: "No idea is too crazy, no goal is unreachable, and no effort is to imperfect. Define yourself by the scale of your dreams, and by the scope of your actions!"
Daily Inspiration: Mastering Innovation - "World class innovators possess a relentless focus on growth"
"World class innovators possess a relentless focus on growth"- Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running his Daily Inspiration series for the weeks of…
Daily Inspiration: "Leadership is all about giving people permission to chase their wildest imaginations!"
"Leadership is all about giving people permission to chase their wildest imaginations!" - Futurist Jim Carroll (A photo from my keynote for Siemens Energy CEO…
Daily Inspiration: "“It’s not the size of the stage. It’s the effective delivery of insight on future trends that matters!"
“It’s not the size of the stage. It’s the effective delivery of insight on future trends that matters!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I have certain…
Daily Inspiration: “It’s often better to know what you don’t know than to know what you know..."
“It’s often better to know what you don’t know than to know what you know - because that will be the inspiration for your action!”…
Daily Inspiration: "Too many trends are overhyped and under-delivered. Mastering the future involves figuring out which ones!"
"Too many trends are overhyped and under-delivered. Mastering the future involves figuring out which ones!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I love my Tesla. But as…
Daily Inspiration: Personal Success Story - "'Never in your wildest dreams' can become a little bit wild at times!"
"' 'Never in your wildest dreams ' can become a little bit wild at times!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It was 29 years ago yesterday…
Daily Inspiration: "Organizational Sclerosis: It's when the arteries of creativity become clogged up...."
"Organizational Sclerosis: It's when the arteries of creativity become clogged up because everyone keeps doing that one thing that no one remembers the need for, but they…
Daily Inspiration: "Are you leading fast enough?"
"Are you leading fast enough?" - Futurist Jim Carroll Over the years, I've had the chance to hear directly from a lot of global CEOs…
Daily Inspiration: “Let loose your wildest imagination. Let it happen faster than you think. That’s your future.”
“Let loose your wildest imagination. Let it happen faster than you think. That’s your future.” - Futurist Jim Carroll 3d printed hip replacements. Real-time analytical…
Daily Inspiration: “Do something today that your tomorrow will thank you for!”
“Do something today that your tomorrow will thank you for!” - Futurist Jim Carroll A phrase that I'd often use in the closing moments of…
Daily Inspiration: "Stop whining! Start doing!"
"Stop whining! Start doing!" - Futurist Jim Carroll We are surrounded by whiners without solutions. When someone is whining, their mind becomes a vacuous vessel…
Daily Inspiration: “If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got!”
“If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep getting what you’ve always got!” - Futurist Jim Carroll We are often prisoners of routine,…
Daily Inspiration: “This is a time of ‘commitment enormity....."
“This is a time of ‘commitment enormity:’ each and every day, you must challenge yourself to keep moving forward to accomplish something, not backwards and…
Daily Inspiration: "You can't deny denialism!"
"You can't deny denialism!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Today's image barely fits into the "Inspiration" theme - my wife REALLY didn't like the image as…
Daily Inspiration: “The future now belongs to those who can reinvent faster!”
“The future now belongs to those who can reinvent faster!” - Futurist Jim Carroll One of the defining trends of this particular moment in time…
Daily Inspiration: "Collaboration is the engine of innovation. Connectivity is the pathway to creativity!"
Daily Inspiration - Personal Motivation : "Shift from obsessing over what you've done wrong - to celebrating what you are doing right!"
"Shift from obsessing over what you've done wrong - to celebrating what you are doing right!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Start 2024 by abandoning your 'guilt trips' - go on…
Daily Inspiration: "It's not a lesson learned if you don't lock it in!"
"It's not a lesson learned if you don't lock it in!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Folks don't want to talk about the pandemic anymore, but…
Daily Inspiration: "Is your strategy from the olden days, and your product line from ancient times?"
Daily Inspiration: "Beware: There is massive volatility beneath the surface of calm!"
"Beware: There is massive volatility beneath the surface of calm!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Survival now depends on resilience; agility defines success. That's the key…
Daily Inspiration: “To really accelerate your creative engine focus on growing your diversity of ideas!”
Daily Inspiration: "Let your lows define your highs!"
"Let your lows define your highs!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It's a tough time to be a skier in eastern North America! And it's even worse…
Daily Inspiration: "The future can be, in but an instant, wonderfully magical and yet. terrifyingly real. at the exact same time!"
"The future can be, in but an instant, wonderfully magical and yet. terrifyingly real, at the exact same time!" - Futurist Jim Carroll There can't be a bigger story…
Daily Inspiration: “An idea on its own is just an idea. Shared ideas are different - they accelerate innovation through faster discovery of opportunities!”
Daily Inspiration: Golf - "REAL confidence is having confidence in your confidence!"
"REAL confidence is having confidence in your confidence!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Ok, I'll close out the week with a golf story. Why not -…
Daily Inspiration: "It's the unacknowledged mistakes of yesterday that become the barriers to moving forward today!"
"It's the unacknowledged mistakes of yesterday that become the barriers to moving forward today!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It's the uncorrected mistakes of the past that usually…
Daily Inspiration: "When the future is fuzzy...…take the long view!"
"When the future is fuzzy...…take the long view!" - Futurist Jim Carroll The thing about being a futurist is ... you have to talk about the…
Daily Inspiration: "....an incredible grasp of incompetence!"
“Maybe your real challenge is that you are surrounded by people who have an incredible grasp of incompetence!” - #Futurist Jim Carroll You’ve spent a…
Daily Inspiration: "Those who don't like a trend don't just oppose the trend, they now deny the reality of the trend itself"
"Those who don't like a trend don't just oppose the trend, they now deny the reality of the trend itself" - Futurist Jim Carroll I've done a LOT…
Daily Inspiration: "Frame your future by what you can accomplish next, not by the things that you have already done!"
Daily Inspiration: "The most dangerous of all ideas is to think that you have it all figured out!"
"The most dangerous of all ideas is to think that you have it all figured out!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Assumptions are dangerous. They are…
Daily Inspiration: "When you are generating more criticism than ideas, you've got a bigger innovation problem than you think!"
"When you are generating more criticism than ideas, you've got a bigger innovation problem than you think!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Companies collapse slowly, and…
Daily Inspiration: "Abandon your mediocrity - it’s not a good look!"
“Abandon your mediocrity - it’s not a good look!” - #Futurist Jim Carroll People don’t like to hang out with negative people, and would rather…
Daily Inspiration: "The future is right over there. What decision will you make today to make sure that when you get there, you will maximize the opportunity that it presents?"
Daily inspiration: "Today's impossibility? It’s tomorrow’s certainty!"
“Today’s impossibility? It’s tomorrow’s certainty!” You can’t have a forward thinking mind and not have a tear come to your eye when you watch…
Daily Inspiration: "Wait and see is not a strategy!"
"Wait and see is not a strategy!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Many people spend their time waiting for clarity - clarity that never comes. Many…
Daily Inspiration: “With AI and the Internet of Things, we are building a massive new, connected and intelligent machine that will transform, change, challenge and disrupt every industry”
Daily Inspiration: “Amazon may be really good at same day delivery - but Santa has long mastered the complex logistics of one-day delivery!”
Daily Inspiration: “At the end of the day, you were either there to help to create a better future - or you were complicit in its destruction.”
“At the end of the day, you were either there to help to create a better future - or you were complicit in its destruction.” -…
Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #14 - "Keep an eye on the edges"
"Keep an eye on the edges" - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end…
Daily Inspiration: “Live your life for the opportunities you will always find in version 2.0!”
“Live your life for the opportunities you will always find in version 2.0!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Version 2.0 is all about capitalizing on the…
Daily Inspiration: "Wait and see is not a strategy, it's a sign of weakness..."
"Wait and see is not a strategy, it's a sign of weakness, an attitude of defeat, and an admission of failure!" - Futurist Jim Carroll…
Daily Inspiration: “In the high velocity economy, the opportunity cost of slow is simply staggering”
Daily Inspiration: “When your old future is over, it’s time to build yourself a new one!"
“When your old future is over, it’s time to build yourself a new one!” - Futurist Jim Carroll 11 years ago yesterday, I gave a dinner…
Marking a Milestone : 5 1/2 Years of Daily Optimism!
5 1/2 years ago today, I began to define myself by my optimism, rather than destroy myself through my pessimism That’s when I started my…
Daily Inspiration: “Don’t be average, just like everyone else. Strive to be better, to be your own extraordinary self!”
“Don’t be average, just like everyone else. Strive to be better, to be your own extraordinary self!” - Futurist Jim Carroll It's pretty amazing what…
Daily Inspiration: "The best way to get someone to succeed is to suggest to them that they will likely fail!"
Daily Inspiration: “Some reports have found that goldfish have longer attention spans than humans. That is the modern day challenge for most companies trying to reach today’s consumer!”
“Someone once asked how I prepare for my future. Ready? Pay attention. Try new stuff. That's it!”
“Someone once asked how I prepare for my future. Ready? Pay attention. Try new stuff. That's it!” - Futurist Jim Carroll This is a screen clip from a little video…
Daily Inspiration: “We are changing so fast that for the first time, a new generation can barely recognize the way that the previous generation grew up”
Daily Inspiration: "Be afraid of inaction. Terrified by indecision. Frightened by complacency. Anxious about procrastination! But rather than hiding in fear, be motivated for action!"
Daily Inspiration: “It’s never too late for you to be who you could have been!”
“It’s never too late for you to be who you could have been!” - #Futurist Jim Carroll You should have no regrets. For what could…
Daily Inspiration: Personal Growth - "Each and every day, you have the opportunity to live up to your full potential!"
"Each and every day, you have the opportunity to live up to your full potential!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It's book week. Each day this…
Daily Inspiration: AI Governance - "The bad implementation of a great idea will always become a great example of a really bad idea!"
"The bad implementation of a great idea will always become a great example of a really bad idea!" - Futurist Jim Carroll A few years…
Daily Inspiration: “Sometimes the best insight isn’t live - it’s Memorex!”
“Sometimes the best insight isn’t live - it’s Memorex!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Memorex? I'll definitely have to explain this one for the youngsters! It's…