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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Mindset Matters

Mindset Matters

"The only enemy of success is a mindset that accepts settling for less than you're capable of!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I never thought I'd have the career I have, but once I realized I could have it, I went after it, hard. I

The Stick Shift

The Stick Shift

"You can't keep using old methods to deal with new realities" - Futurist Jim Carroll Are you driving with a stick shift in the era of video game controllers? If so, ask yourself this question - how many of your actions are based on ideas and

The Recession Addiction

The Recession Addiction

"The US consumer seems to have entered into a state of perpetual economic gloom. Jome companies seem all too eager to follow them into the abyss" - Futurist Jim Carroll Here we go again! I seem to spend a lot of time talking companies off the ledge, and

It's the Video, Stupid.

It's the Video, Stupid.

"When your missteps are under a microscope, your mistakes are massively magnified!" - Futurist Jim Carroll The LMPD has no case. It knows this but is trying to save face by talking Scotty Scheffler down to a misdemeanor. His lawyer knows they have no case, but the police

Ideas.

Ideas.

"There will always be someone with a better idea!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Never rest on your laurels. Never become complacent. Never presume that your idea is the best idea, the only idea, the greatest idea. Because there is always another better one! People who spend time with

The Relativity of Judgement

The Relativity of Judgement

"A Gentle Reminder: One person's concept of success is another person's idea of failure" - Futurist Jim Carroll A few days ago, I finished the book "After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its Soul." It was a good

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