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: #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.

26 Principles for 2026: #3 Ambiguity Tolerance

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Success

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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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?

Personal Growth

My Granddad - Cannonball Mack!

My Granddad - Cannonball Mack!

A few years ago I learned that my biological grandfather died in 1925 in a stunt-motorcycle accident - on an Indian motorcycle, nonetheless - after he rode his 'show', which was known as the "Wall of Death."

Inspiration

My Dad - a 16 Year Old Soldier in WW2

My Dad - a 16 Year Old Soldier in WW2

Not only that, he downgraded his rank voluntarily while in Italy so that he could be a motorcycle patrol scout on the front lines.

Failure

Hypocrites

Hypocrites

In many areas of the world, history seems doomed to repeat itself.

Initiative

Achieving

Achieving

Yes, I meant to use the word twice!

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