Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

Thoughts, stories and ideas about tomorrow from Futurist Jim Carroll. Sent each workday since August 2016.

Tuesday Unfiltered: The Serenity Prayer, Tariff Rage, and Knowing When Not to Post

Every morning, I open the news and encounter another statement, tariff announcement, threat, insult, provocation, bizarre claim, or astonishing bit of political theatre coming out of the United States.

Tuesday Unfiltered: The Serenity Prayer, Tariff Rage, and Knowing When Not to Post

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Momentum

Momentum

"Your moment is right now. Are you ready?"

Creativity

Waste More Time!

Waste More Time!

"Invest in your creative capital. You'll see a return on your imagination!"

Big Future

The Reality of Trends

The Reality of Trends

"One person's skepticism is another person's gold!"

Exponential change

Exponential Change

Exponential Change

"Are you ready for the inconceivable to become conceivable?"

Artificial Intelligence

Bend Your Mind

Bend Your Mind

Make your imagination matter more."

Artificial Intelligence

AI and the Peak of Inflated Expectations.

AI and the Peak of Inflated Expectations.

"A strategy based on hype isn't a strategy. It's a tombstone for cash"

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Context

Context

"It's when you start to think to yourself that it couldn't get any worse that you need to remind yourself that actually, right now, it couldn't be any better!"

Mistakes and Failure

Mistakes and Failure

"Don't be discouraged by your mistakes. Be inspired by your willingness to admit to them!"

Trusting the Algorithm

Trusting the Algorithm

"To survive the future you have to trust the algorithm but so far, the algorithm hasn't done a lot to earn our trust!" -

Fear

Fear

"It's better to face what you fear rather than focusing on the fear of what you might face!"

Managing Regret

Managing Regret

“At some moment in time, you will transition from the shame of your mistakes into pride for the lessons you’ve learned from them!”

Being Decisive

Being Decisive

"When you say you've decided to go in a different direction, it usually means that you don't really know the direction you are going!"

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