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Daily Inspiration: Personal Goals - "Commitment to your most important goal will always be your greatest success.
"Commitment to your most important goal will always be your greatest success." - Futurist Jim Carroll I once wrote this phrase: "Real progress is often invisible, boring, and…
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration – "Stop managing 'what is'; start creating 'what could be.'"
"Stop managing 'what is'; start creating 'what could be.'" - Futurist Jim Carroll Here's a thought to start your Monday: the gap between 'what is' and 'what could be' is where the…
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration – Global Economy: "Stability. Reliability. Predictability. Clarity. This is now the foundation of the new 21st-century economy."
"Stability. Reliability. Predictability. Clarity. This is now the foundation of the new 21st-century economy." - Futurist Jim Carroll It's been fascinating to watch the speed at…
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - Retail: "In a world of four-second attention spans, you are no longer competing for a share of the wallet..."
"In a world of four-second attention spans, you are no longer competing for a share of the wallet—you are battling for a share of the moment. Stop selling products and start…
Decoding Tomorrow - Daily "The future was never about the 'art of the deal,' It's always been about the art of the pivot."
"The future was never about the 'art of the deal,' It's always been about the art of the pivot." - Futurist Jim Carroll Look at the sheer velocity at which Mark Carney is…
Daily Inspiration: "Anyone can find an excuse to stand still. Make it your life's work to find the reasons to move."
"Anyone can find an excuse to stand still. Make it your life's work to find the reasons to move." - Futurist Jim Carroll As a species, it seems we are engineered to stand still…
Daily Inspiration: On Skiing - "How you manage your disappointments defines whether you just heal, or whether you evolve!"
"How you manage your disappointments defines whether you just heal, or whether you evolve!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Skiing has defined a large part of who I am and what I do. And…
What Goes Into a Highly Customized Keynote? THIS!
As someone who has been a main-stage keynote speaker for 33 years, one of my points of pride has long been the degree of customization that I've put into my work. I've delivered…
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - Automotive Trends: "The road to the future can often be found in the missteps of the past!"
"The road to the future can often be found in the missteps of the past!" - Futurist Jim Carroll So, is there anything going on in the automotive industry right now? That was the…
Daily Inspiration: "Assumptions are dangerous illusions that bind us to an unsuccessful future"
"Assumptions are dangerous illusions that bind us to an unsuccessful future." - Futurist Jim Carroll In a world of exponential change, what you *think* you know is often your…
Daily Inspiration: "This might not be the future we wanted to be living in. But it need not be the only future that we are doomed to have!"
"This might not be the future we wanted to be living in. But it need not be the only future that we are doomed to have!" - Futurist Jim Carroll The rest of the world is tired…
Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - Future of Manufacturing: "Shift your mindset from why you can't to why you must!"
"Shift your mindset from why you can't to why you must!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It was an honor to present at the recent BIFMA 360 Leadership Conference in St. Petersburg, where I…
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