Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Putting in the Work

Don’t mistake the quiet for regression!

Putting in the Work
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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

Hope.

Hope.

"There is no greater act of optimism than thinking beyond the ‘now’" - Futurist Jim Carroll When people are struggling and in difficulty, it's important to try to instill some sense of hope, a belief that things can get better and that there is a way

The Science of Regret

The Science of Regret

"Remorse we can feel. Regret is what we live. But consequence is what lingers" - Futurist Jim Carroll Let's talk about the science of regret. I mean, why not? It seems like a timely topic. And I've most recently covered The Science of Stupidity

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