The folks at UPM - a global leader within the wood and lumber industry - interviewed me for an...

"People fear what they don't understand. Make it your job to provide them the courage of insight!"...

"If you don't set your own plan for the future, someone else will!" - Futurist Jim...

In 2003, SAP had me in for a keynote on innovation; I was transitioning from being a...

"Learn more stuff. Empty minds bring empty results!" - Futurist Jim CarrollOne of my...

"It is better to believe in a dream based on hope than to be discouraged by a nightmare that is...

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"Go on. Admit it. It’s only a dumb idea when you don’t understand it!" - Futurist Jim...

Since August 2016, due to a variety of complex personal situations, I began blogging my "Daily...

"It's not the trend that matters - it's what you do with it that counts!" - Futurist Jim...

One of my favorite bits of insight I like to share from the stage concerns the story of the 'two...

"Innovators: They don’t just refuse to take the road less traveled - they forge a path that...

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"Be A 'Positivity Influencer!' Don't oppose everything - propose new things!" - Futurist Jim...

"Sometimes, it's not until you are broken that you will discover what you are made of!" - Futurist...

"Life is simple. It’s the decisions you have to make along the way that is tough!" - Futurist Jim...

"Imagination: It's a window into the opportunities to be pursued when you accelerate your...

Here's a little bit of fun - I decided to do an interview with one of the most optimistic people I...

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"There are things all around us that we will never see, because we never take the time to see...

"Conventional wisdom demands that you do the unconventional!" - Futurist Jim CarrollIt's...

"Your plan for your future needs to be something much more than ¯\_(ツ)_/¯!" - Futurist Jim...

"Optimism: It's that thing we do so that our hopes for our future outweigh our fears!" - Futurist...

I close out this year noting that I have put together 266 of these Daily Inspiration posts,...

"Define the next year by the things you will do, not by the things you will avoid!" - Futurist Jim...

"It is what it is - until you make it into what it isn’t!" - Futurist Jim Carroll"It is...

Just under five months ago, I picked up my Tesla Model 3. It was an exciting moment - I'd been...

"Active Inaction: That thing we do when we fall prey to the uncertainty that surrounds us, leading...

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"Invest more time in your creativity engine!" - Futurist Jim CarrollWe are taught to...

"You are ALWAYS just on the edge of an epic future!" - Futurist Jim CarrollWhat you do with...

"A thought for this complicated 2021 holiday season: Let's be grateful for what we have gained with...

"Life: A series of awesome mistakes, interrupted by brief moments of actual brilliance!" - Futurist...

"How did you come to think you could achieve your big ideas when you have assembled a team of...

The great resignation is all over the news - but there is really nothing new here, as lifestyle...

"At this very moment, you are surrounded by 'modern things' that will become ‘things from the...

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"Don't waste a lot of time wishing for what you once had - work smarter to achieve what you might...

"Many companies fail at the future because they haven't been listening to what the future has been...