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: #9 - Aim Higher

Are you aiming high enough?

26 Principles for 2026: #9 - Aim Higher

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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: #3 Ambiguity Tolerance

26 Principles for 2026: #3 Ambiguity Tolerance

You need to learn to make decisions despite a wild lack of clarity, a stunning amount of uncertainty, a scary amount of volatility, and a staggering degree of velocity.

2026

26 Principles for 2026: #2 Strategic Self-Pruning

26 Principles for 2026: #2 Strategic Self-Pruning

Think of it as shedding your past to fuel your future speed.

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

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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?

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