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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When People Are Wrong

When People Are Wrong

"People only understand the full impact of their gravest mistake once they fully experience its painful aftermath."Futurist Jim Carroll It seems pretty certain that a lot of folks are quickly coming to discover there are big implications to certain decisions. I won't belabor the point,

Bouncing Back

Bouncing Back

"Any setbacks you might ever face should be meaningless. The fact is, they should be a part of your plan!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Setbacks are inevitable. At any stage, any moment, any period, you might find yourself moving forward - not back.  How do you cope? I

Reinvention

Reinvention

"Urgency demands optimism" - Futurist Jim Carroll Five years ago, just about this time, millions of people found that they suddenly had to reinvent their future, due to rapidly emerging, unforeseen circumstances. One hundred years from now, those weeks and that year will be viewed as a pretty

Standing Out

Standing Out

"What makes you unique is what will make you successful!" - Futurist Jim Carroll From one book project to two others! I'm working away on Escaping Mediocrity, but the other book that is waiting in the wings is "Being Unique."   I've been

Crazy!

Crazy!

"Imagine a crazy idea. Now imagine it's real. That's your future!" - Futurist Jim Carroll  In a few hours, I'll be speaking at the annual event for Texas Farm Credit Bank. In the room? A few hundred folks are on the various

The Case for Optimism

The Case for Optimism

"Every single opportunity is always within the margin of possibility!" - Futurist Jim Carroll When the World Bank invited me to keynote on the future of manufacturing, they made one thing crystal clear: they wanted me to flip the script - paint a picture of opportunity, not disruption.

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