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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Imaginate More!

Imaginate More!

"Never underimagine tomorrow! Over-imaginate it!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Creativity based upon unlocking your imagination is the key to unlocking tomorrow. We don't do enough of it. We should. Which starts with inventing new words! But you should also have a deep understanding of the link

Forward Oriented Mindsets.

Forward Oriented Mindsets.

"Shift your mindset from 'surviving' to 'thriving'" - Futurist Jim Carroll Have you ever noticed many people thrive on the word survive? They've just got to survive the day. Survive the change they are immersed in. Survive the project. Survive the recent

Thinking BIG.

Thinking BIG.

"Be bolder, sooner!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I'm off to Alberta, Canada, later today, where tomorrow I will be the closing speaker for the Canadian Petrochemical Summit. This is one of many events I've done in this industry - I've headlined leadership

Owning Tomorrow

Owning Tomorrow

"Never accept for a moment that you have to accept their belief that it can't be done!" - Futurist Jim Carroll You've got to stop letting other people tell you how to live your future. It's your future, not theirs. Make it

Velocity

Velocity

"If you aren't prepared for acceleration you aren't prepared for your future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll On March 19, 2012, Amazon acquired the robotics maker Kiva. It had 1,000 robots. Today, it has more than 750,000 in use, with plans for many,

The Glass is Full

The Glass is Full

"Construct your opportunities by demolishing your fears!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Here's a fun one I've got coming up in October! Five Chicago area construction associations representing unionized workers are bringing me in for a talk on the impact of AI in construction. I&

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