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Daily Inspiration · 2019
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Daily Inspiration: “Be like Oblio. Embrace your inner oddness!"
“Be like Oblio. Embrace your inner oddness!” - Futurist Jim Carroll At some point in time you might realize that you are different from everyone else. Run with it! Yesterday, I…
Daily Inspiration: “Your choice is simple: will you fight the future - or will you make it happen?”
“Your choice is simple: will you fight the future - or will you make it happen?” - Futurist Jim Carroll Imagine going into work each day knowing that at least a third of the…
Daily Inspiration: “The future is happening all around you. Are you a part of the discussion?"
“The future is happening all around you. Are you a part of the discussion?” - Futurist Jim Carroll Are you at the table where the senior executives in your organization are…
Daily Inspiration: “Futurists? We are logical people in an illogical world!”
“Futurists? We are logical people in an illogical world!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Let’s talk about energy. Oil as a trend is over - the era of carbon is on decline. Batteries…
Daily Inspiration: “New levels of disruptive change might result in some innovation deprivation. Stay imaginative in order to acclimatize to your new surroundings!”
“New levels of disruptive change might result in some innovation deprivation. Stay imaginative in order to acclimatize to your new surroundings!” - Futurist Jim Carroll We’re up…
Daily Inspiration: “Your avoidable mistake will usually lead you to the predictable display of the result of your stupid decision!”
“Your avoidable mistake will usually lead you to the predictable display of the result of your stupid decision!” - Futurist Jim Carroll So I had the opportunity to golf at Torrey…
Daily Inspiration: "Retailers are no longer just in a battle with other retailers: they are now in a war of continuous technological disruption!”
““Retailers are no longer just in a battle with other retailers: they are now in a war of continuous technological disruption!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I’m in Torrey Pines…
Daily Inspiration: “Pardon me while I interrupt your complacency!”
“Pardon me while I interrupt your complacency!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Complacency is a disease often caused by smugness, and leads to the complications of inaction. And the sad…
Daily Inspiration: "The future will happen — whether you like it or not. It’s your choice as to what role you will play when it arrives!”
“The future will happen — whether you like it or not. It’s your choice as to what role you will play when it arrives!” -Futurist Jim Carroll A photo from my keynote in San Diego…
Daily Inspiration: “The greatest risks you face are found with the undefined....."
“The greatest risks you face are found with the undefined - the trends that have not yet occurred, the science not yet discovered, inventions not yet invented, and ideas not yet…
Daily Inspiration: “Your worst case scenario? Blind loyalty to a disruptor without a plan, and disruption that turns to destruction!”
“Your worst case scenario? Blind loyalty to a disruptor without a plan, and disruption that turns to destruction!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Imagine your world as you finally realize…
Daily Inspiration: “Motivation? Give someone the gift of optimism — and make sure to package it with the magic of enthusiasm!”
“Motivation? Give someone the gift of optimism — and make sure to package it with the magic of enthusiasm!” - Futurist Jim Carroll We lost a good man over the weekend, a tower in…
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