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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A Birthday!

A Birthday!

"Seize every moment of magic!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It’s book week! Each day, a post involving one of my books! That’s because there are TWO big milestones this week.  The second one involves the fact that the first edition of the Canadian Internet Handbook launched

Oops!

Oops!

“Have you ever thought that perhaps you have been looking in the wrong direction, at the wrong time, at the wrong threat?” — Futurist Jim Carroll It’s book week! Each day, a post involving one of my books! That’s because there are TWO big milestones this week. The first

Wonka Land!

Wonka Land!

"Be careful what you do within the boundaries of your imagination!"- Futurist Jim Carroll AI has had its Fyre Festival moment! It was bound to happen. The Fyre Festival? Remember that? The wildly exotic Caribbean music festival that promised so much and yet delivered so little! Remember

It's a Marathon!

It's a Marathon!

"Have you ever realized that maybe it’s your attitude that has you winning in the race to irrelevance?" - Futurist Jim Carroll Only a fool dares believe that their past defines their future. I've met a lot of fools. Hubris, arrogance, imperiousness - these are

Good Mistakes

Good Mistakes

"Do the wrong things for the right reasons!"- Futurist Jim Carroll History celebrates the rule-breakers who did the wrong things for the right reasons! Rosa Parks - she defined the push for civil rights by refusing to sit where she was told. Martin Luther King for a

Machine Weight.

Machine Weight.

"When the old rules no longer apply, it's time to make some new ones!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Here's a video of a rancher serenading his herd home with his trombone. Posted more than 8 years ago, the video has had more than 24

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