Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

26 Principles for 2026: #5 Knowledge Velocity

If you are relying on what you already know, i.e, with your past degree, your decade of experience, to carry you through 2026, you are driving on fumes. Your battery is empty, your mind is out of gas, and you'll soon hit the limit of where you can go.

26 Principles for 2026: #5 Knowledge Velocity
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Doing a Redo!

Doing a Redo!

"There's always time to redefine your success from what you have done to what you plan to do!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I've always believed that true success isn't about what you've done – it's about what you plan

Chasing Big Ideas

Chasing Big Ideas

"Too many people focus on 'what is' rather than 'what could be'" - Futurist Jim Carroll I'm in Georgia, where later today, I'll speak on behalf of a corporate group on the topic of the future of healthcare. (Before that,

About That Future Thing!

About That Future Thing!

"Turn your fear into fuel" - Futurist Jim Carroll This photo was taken in October 2019. I'm in the room with a farming community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. It's about as conservative as you can get. They're worried. Farming is evolving too

Cognitive Distortions

Cognitive Distortions

"An irrational belief in irrational ideas usually leads to irrational results" - Futurist Jim Carroll So let's try and figure out what's going on. I took today's quote, fed it to ChatGPT, and got the picture above which I used for today;

The Crisis of Grievance

The Crisis of Grievance

"Lost trust? A lost future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Let's talk about trust - or rather, the lack of it. Somewhere along the way, I came across the 2025 Edelman Trust Barometer 2025 - it's worth a look. The fact is, it's

Make More Moments That Matter

Make More Moments That Matter

"Intentional kindness: humanity's superpower" - Futurist Jim Carroll, with a shoutout to Drew Sullivan, APB Speakers The image in today's Inspiration features my good friend Michael Simon; the phrase, "intentional kindness," comes from one of my speaker bureau agents, Drew Sullivan. One

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