Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

2026

26 Principles for 2026: #5 Knowledge Velocity

If you are relying on what you already know, i.e, with your past degree, your decade of experience, to carry you through 2026, you are driving on fumes. Your battery is empty, your mind is out of gas, and you'll soon hit the limit of where you can go.

26 Principles for 2026: #5 Knowledge Velocity

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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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2026

26 Principles for 2026: #1 - Temporal Literacy

26 Principles for 2026: #1 - Temporal Literacy

The single biggest mistake you can make right now is to believe that you can just keep doing the same old things at the same old deliberate pace that worked for you yesterday.

2026

Linear vs. Exponential Minds

Linear vs. Exponential Minds

What do you do in a world of sheer, hyper-speed velocity that is right outside your window?

2026

Mastering The Acceleration Era

Mastering The Acceleration Era

If 2026 is the year you reinvent your career, master future-ready skills, and accelerate your impact, you need a new playbook

Success

Tomorrow, Today

Tomorrow, Today

Your next future is going to be here sooner than you think. Don't you think it's time to get moving?

Personal Growth

Genetic Negativity

Genetic Negativity

It turns out we are engineered for pessimism rather than optimism.

Being Unique

Fortifying Uniqueness

Fortifying Uniqueness

How do you keep your uniqueness intact when the world is constantly pushing you back toward conformity?

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