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Daily Inspiration · 2018
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Daily Inspiration: "Enthusiasm should be your drug of choice!"
Enthusiasm should be your drug of choice!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Many people anesthetize themselves because they can’t deal with change. It’s a bad choice - because the change…
Daily Inspiration: "If gravity is holding you down, launch into a different trajectory!"
“If gravity is holding you down, launch into a different trajectory!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I’m a futurist. My background? I’m a professional accountant, aka CPA. That’s kind of…
Daily Inspiration: "Your dreams should be so big that you feel guilty for acting small!"
“Your dreams should be so big that you feel guilty for acting small!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Yes, that’s me way down on that stage, and yes, you do pinch yourself every once in a…
Daily Inspiration: "It’s too late to prepare to be disrupted - you already have been!"
“It’s too late to prepare to be disrupted - you already have been!” - Futurist Jim Carroll The photo is from a keynote last fall for the SAP for Utilities conference - in the room…
Daily Inspiration: "Every day, you have a chance to make your own opportunities!"
This was a repeat engagement - the organization previously had me in for a talk on future trends and innovation in 2016. In this case, I took a look at the future of manufacturing…
Daily Inspiration: "Has structure put your imagination into a straightjacket?"
“Has structure put your imagination into a straightjacket?” - Futurist Jim Carroll A photo from my keynote in Orlando last week for a leading global medical products company. The…
Daily Inspiration: "Success happens when you bid farewell to the future you fear!"
“Success happens when you bid farewell to the future you fear!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I’m off later today to Missouri, where I will do a talk tomorrow morning for an event focuse…
Daily Inspiration: "Focus fast - on the solution, not the problem!"
“Focus fast - on the solution, not the problem!” - Futurist Jim Carroll It’s tough to be a transit company in the era of Elon Musk. You have the complex job of running a massive…
Daily Inspiration: "Five words define you future. Hyperconnection. Acceleration. Exponentiation. Disruption. Transformation!"
One day, patients visited their doctor to figure out what was going on. Then they plugged in - and the doctor linked into the medical devices that were monitoring their healthcare…
Daily Inspiration: "When it comes to the future, it's easier to be negative than it is to be positive!"
“When it comes to the future, it’s easier to be negative than it is to be positive!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Imagine that you have a job in which you go in every day, knowing that…
Daily Inspiration: "The future is simply your potential, unrealized!"
“The future is simply your potential, unrealized!” - Futurist Jim Carroll So, after 2 highly successful keynotes this week, I’ll golf today. Naturally, I woke up with this…
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?"
“The centuries old relationship between doctor and patient is changing, healthcare science is exponentiating, connectivity is increasing, and transformation is accelerating. How…
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