The Daily Inspiration

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

Into 2025: #1 Play the Long Game

"It's always better to play the long game" - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, "25 Things I've Learned That Will Carry Me Into 2025." He is putting this together based on his 30-year career as a futurist,

Into 2025: #1 Play the Long Game
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Eclipse 2024

Eclipse 2024

"Make more of the moments that matter!" - Futurist Jim Carroll This was a selfie I took yesterday at the airport in Sherbrooke, Quebec, yesterday, just moments after the conclusion of the full totality portion of the 2024 eclipse. To say that I was a bit overwhelmed by

Momentum

Momentum

"Your potential lies on the other side of your inaction!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I regularly meet people who are stuck. Often they are trapped in situations in which they are doing things they don't want to do and are chasing the same excuses every day

Buggy Whips

Buggy Whips

"Yesterday’s ideas won’t work for you tomorrow!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Someone asked me yesterday about my comment that Chinese automotive companies will likely own the automotive industry of the future. Sadly, I think that it is true - the reason for that being that most

Musk Has Lost the Plot

Musk Has Lost the Plot

"Erratic leadership will always bring erratic results, but distracted leadership is guaranteed to bring even worse" - Futurist Jim Carroll Jim Balsillie wanted to buy himself an NHL hockey team and wasted away precious time with his company RIM - the home of the Blackberry - while Apple

Hidden Strength

Hidden Strength

"Anything can be accomplished with courage!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I drew a blank this morning. Most days, I pull together the next day's quote the previous day and then spend some time thinking about what I'm thinking about. For some reason, I didn&

Never Assume!

Never Assume!

"Assumptions are often just a dangerous, delusional certainty! (Because they will blind you to the reality of your reality!)" - Futurist Jim Carroll Often, the thing that holds people back from their ability to get to tomorrow is their insane ability to hold to their beliefs, even in

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