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Daily Inspiration: “Let your creative self do something fundamentally frivolous every single day! Your practical self will thank you for it later!”
“Let your creative self do something fundamentally frivolous every single day! Your practical self will thank you for it later!” - Futurist Jim Carroll My big success yesterday…
Daily Inspiration: “Designing yourself a better future should not be a bridge too far for your psychological imagination!”
“Designing yourself a better future should not be a bridge too far for your psychological imagination!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I had the screen-grab from a 'show' some months back…
Daily Inspiration: “Live like you ski! Carve a path through constantly changing conditions!”
“Live like you ski! Carve a path through constantly changing conditions!” - Futurist Jim Carroll There's a lot going on in this screengrab - it's from my Notable Keynotes: Lessons…
Daily Inspiration: “Beneath the surface of every successful initiative lies a layer of unimaginable, chaotic imperfect perfection!”
“Beneath the surface of every successful initiative lies a layer of unimaginable, chaotic imperfect perfection!” - Futurist Jim Carroll With many of us stuck at home, it's become…
Daily Inspiration: “Relentless optimism - let it define the core of your inner enthusiasm!”
“Relentless optimism - let it define the core of your inner enthusiasm!” - Futurist Jim Carroll A screenshot from 5 minutes in for my virtual keynote yesterday for a franchise…
Daily Inspiration: “Agility matters - right now, it’s about survival of the fastest!”
“Agility matters - right now, it’s about the survival of the fastest!” - Futurist Jim Carroll For the last while, I've been making the case to clients and potential clients that…
Daily Inspiration: “There are two types of people in the world. Successful ones who listen to futurists. And other people!”
“There are two types of people in the world. Successful ones who listen to futurists. And other people!” - Futurist Jim Carroll That's a little bit blunt, isn't it? But it's quite…
Daily Inspiration: "Every great idea is always just on the edge of discovery!"
"Every great idea is always just on the edge of discovery!" - Futurist Jim Carroll You might be familiar with an ill-fated observation often attributed to the head of the US…
Daily Inspiration: “Don’t let that vast space in your head - aka as your imagination - go unused!”
“Don’t let that vast space inside your head - aka as your imagination - go unused!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I will admit that I have a ridiculous amount of fun when I head down to…
Daily Inspiration: “Santa rocks at innovation!”
“Santa rocks at innovation!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Every year around this time, I share a blog post I wrote way back in 2006: "Why Santa Rocks at Innovation!" This year, I…
Daily Inspiration: “Reinvent your reality!”
“Reinvent your reality!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Later today, I will interview Santa Claus on how he reinvented his reality for the era of Covid-19. Later this week, I'll do the…
Daily Inspiration: “Every signifcant trend starts out slowly, is barely perceptible - and then, suddenly, surrounds us!”
“Every significant trend always starts out slowly, is barely perceptible - and then, suddenly, surrounds us!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Kevin Kelly, the editor of Wired, famously…
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