The Daily Inspiration

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

Being Different

"Your inner oddness is not a flaw. It’s a superpower!" - Futurist Jim Carroll With a little bit of downtime, I've been working in the home office on my next book. The title keeps flipping around: right now, I've settled on "Being

Being Different
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Bold Bets.

Bold Bets.

"Dive In. Figure it out" - Futurist Jim Carroll My attention was drawn last week to an article about Amazons' thinking behind a big bet on artificial intelligence; Amazon built a $2 trillion company through years of aggressive spending on its retail and logistics businesses. Its future

When It's Ugly Out There.

When It's Ugly Out There.

"Define your day with the dignity of decency"- Futurist Jim Carroll My wonderful neighbour has this little bit of sentiment taped up next to her computer. I think it's lovely. Be content, thankful, peaceful,  loved, & loving. Dance like no one can see you, And

Goodbye Hollywood!

Goodbye Hollywood!

"Are you thinking too slow and small in a great big fast world?" - Futurist Jim Carroll Hollywood is the next to be faced with a dramatically challenged future - We are probably only years away, or less before we see an entire feature film created by AI

On Innovation & Golf

On Innovation & Golf

"Spend too much time chasing perfection and you'll never invest enough time to learn from your failures!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Since it's summertime, a few golf stories are creeping into my Daily - because many lessons about leadership, innovation, and creativity can come

Procrastination

Procrastination

"Your biggest mistake is believing that you don't need to do it right now" - Futurist Jim Carroll What does it mean if you have a great idea, and your superior blows it off by saying "we don't need to do that right

Ready!

Ready!

"Get to your future faster!" - Futurist Jim Carroll If you are going to spend most of your future tomorrow, wouldn't it make sense to understand what it will look like when you get there? And wouldn't it make sense to take a few

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