Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Agility

Excuses

You can't be fast if you are weighed down by the heavy anchor of "why we can't."

Excuses

Featured stories

Success

Momentum

Momentum

"Your moment is right now. Are you ready?"

Creativity

Waste More Time!

Waste More Time!

"Invest in your creative capital. You'll see a return on your imagination!"

Big Future

The Reality of Trends

The Reality of Trends

"One person's skepticism is another person's gold!"

Exponential change

Exponential Change

Exponential Change

"Are you ready for the inconceivable to become conceivable?"

Artificial Intelligence

Bend Your Mind

Bend Your Mind

Make your imagination matter more."

Artificial Intelligence

AI and the Peak of Inflated Expectations.

AI and the Peak of Inflated Expectations.

"A strategy based on hype isn't a strategy. It's a tombstone for cash"

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Personal Growth

Tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

Do you see the opportunities, or the barriers in the way?

2026

10 Great Words for 2026

10 Great Words for 2026

Each year, since 2006, I have started the year with my 10 Great Words list.

2026

26 Principles for 2026: #26 Escape Mediocrity

26 Principles for 2026: #26 Escape Mediocrity

Opportunities become even bigger when exponential trends become a reality. But here's the thing - it's up to you whether you will turn it into an opportunity, or whether the challenge will bury you. It depends on the choices you make and the actions you take.

2026

26 Principles for 2026: #25 The Collapse of Time

26 Principles for 2026: #25 The Collapse of Time

This is not just a theoretical idea - over the last 24 months, we have witnessed the compression of timelines across every sector.

2026

26 Principles for 2026 - #24 Trust Capital

26 Principles for 2026 - #24 Trust Capital

Share your flaws. Highlight your failures. Document your mistakes. Admit you are human!

2025

A spinal injury.

A spinal injury.

Normally, at this time of year, I would be busy on a ski hill, seeking the joy that comes from the exuberance of the carve. I’m not.

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