If you aren’t adapting, you aren’t surviving!
Watch this clip where I talk about an alternate universe of alternate titles for my last 4 books. Then, think about what you are not doing well.
“Every great recession has its moment of opportunity! It’s what you do in that moment that matters!” – Futurist Jim Carroll
Yes, flip-flops!
Because apparently you can have the skill of building a state of the art broadcast studio in your basement, but miss the small details of what you happen to have on your feet when you do your first new floor presentation!
At least I have pants on!
I have a floor!!!!!
I miss my stage floor – the excitement of getting up at the front of a massive conference room, looking out over thousands of people, taking a deep breath, and pressing “play” in my brain. Then, watching out over the audience, looking into their faces as you saw your words connecting … the followup comments, tweets and emails on how your message resonated…. I certainly somehow managed to develop the career of dreams with my global speaking business.
And then it went ‘poof!’. Fast, in real time, with staggering implications. My life shrank from going on stage for a global event for the World Bank in Morocco to looking at my basement and thinking …. “what if…”
Mid-February, as I saw the crisis begin to spread, I knew that would not be going back to my old stage life for a long, long time. With that in mind, I figured I might as well bring the stage back into my home. We started out doing it with the equipment I already had laying around the house – I’d already been filming some green screen videos for various client promotional videos.
But the quality was always just a big ‘m’eh.’
And so we implemented some new studio gear over the weekend – two new digital cameras in particular that improve my quality but also enhance my capabilities. One, in particular, features a wide angle lens, which allows me to frame a full body shot. With a little bit of backdrop magic, I can now incorporate in a huge variety of stage and other backdrops into my online keynote sets.
Stay tuned – a creativity monster has been unleashed!
I just have to remember not to wear my flip-flops to work!
Shortly after testing the equipment for the first time, I filmed a clip for the folks on the Facebook group that have been providing me assistance. It’s a good, quick little behind the scenes tour of what we’ve done. (And in this one, I’m in bare feet!)
Virtual done right? With Jim Carroll, definitely! He’s invested well over 1,000 hours in his home broadcast studio. Check out the results.
First, here’s a quick tour of what he can do and how he can help you with an unparalleled virtual event in terms of content, studio set ‘stage design’ and wow-factor special effects and interaction.
Then hit the two videos here, which cover two of my most requested keynote topics – as well as a quick summary of all 3 topics.
ALL of these videos were produced by Jim in his home studio – and this quality production can be easily brought to you virtually!
The impact of Covid-19 on the future has, obviously, been massively dramatic!
But the real art comes in assessing the world around us, and understanding which trends have accelerated as a result of the pandemic. TRT, a global television network based out of Istanbul, reached out to me for my insight on how one of those trends have accelerated, particularly in the manufacturing, logistics and warehousing space.
“Successful people never start their day with a goal in mind of being ‘less than epic!’” – Futurist Jim Carroll
The name of my latest book, of course, is “Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast!‘” Who would buy a book with the title “Think Small, Delay Now, Move Slow?” Who would start their day with the smallest of goals in mind, the most shallow of actions, the weakest of personal initiatives?
So what about the concept of being ‘less than epic?’ Why would you start your day out with any other idea in mind that having an absolutely epic, wonderfully staggering great day?
A shoutout to Ian Bates for helping me with that epic moment in which I found the phrase “less than epic” out on the golf course. It probably came when I had a momentary bit of fleeting brilliance with a chip that worked or a putt that dropped – I don’t remember the exact context. But I do know I probably immediately stopped, grabbed my phone, and typed it in – you can’t lose a great phrase like that! (Those who golf with me are willing to put up with my idiosyncrasies, I suppose.)
A life than is ‘less than epic?’ Not a chance. Each and every moment I try to live to the fullest, believing in my future, never doubting the opportunity, aware of the potential. This has come to serve me well in the last few months as my stage-based speaking career collapsed all around me with Covid-19. What’s epic? The potential in my green screen studio! New stage sets! A floor! (Stay tuned!)
Be epic, always! You can always try to be fully ‘epic’ – never set out to be less than epic. The thing about golf season is that you have the chance to get out for a round with those who are WAY better than you, but rather than focus on the inadequacies of your game, you always aspire to do just a bit better each round. Or, if it all goes right, EPIC! Such as when that 30 foot putt on number 7 dropped yesterday for a birdie 2. Totally EPIC
What does it mean to be epic? Living that a life with an attitude that you are full of your potential, eager to achieve your goals, a mindset that you are going to try to do your best, and will enjoy it along the way. Full epic, never less than epic!
Have an EPIC day!
I was on Bloomberg BNN’s MoneyTalk last night with a two part interview about the economic crisis, the future and how winners will reinvent themselves at the pace demanded for success.
Just like I am!
Part 1
Part 2
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