Futurist Jim Carroll

My oldest son, Willie, turns 30 today. I am overjoyed in his journey; I am in shock at the milestone. How does this happen? Willie is a marvel of opportunistic thinking, a joy of the explorative mindset. Through several career transitions, all focused on the world around him, he has

"The future belongs to those who dare to go there!"

"Is your competition busy playing 3-dimensional chess, while you are playing checkers on a blank board?"

"If you finally do succeed, try not to look too astonished!"

"If you are surrounded by transformative trends that are so big, why do you continue to think so small?"

"If you keep waiting around for bad things to happen you'll never be ready when good things happen!"