The Daily Inspiration

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

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

The Crisis of Grievance
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Momentum

Momentum

"Your potential lies on the other side of your inaction!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I regularly meet people who are stuck. Often they are trapped in situations in which they are doing things they don't want to do and are chasing the same excuses every day

Buggy Whips

Buggy Whips

"Yesterday’s ideas won’t work for you tomorrow!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Someone asked me yesterday about my comment that Chinese automotive companies will likely own the automotive industry of the future. Sadly, I think that it is true - the reason for that being that most

Musk Has Lost the Plot

Musk Has Lost the Plot

"Erratic leadership will always bring erratic results, but distracted leadership is guaranteed to bring even worse" - Futurist Jim Carroll Jim Balsillie wanted to buy himself an NHL hockey team and wasted away precious time with his company RIM - the home of the Blackberry - while Apple

Hidden Strength

Hidden Strength

"Anything can be accomplished with courage!" - Futurist Jim Carroll I drew a blank this morning. Most days, I pull together the next day's quote the previous day and then spend some time thinking about what I'm thinking about. For some reason, I didn&

Never Assume!

Never Assume!

"Assumptions are often just a dangerous, delusional certainty! (Because they will blind you to the reality of your reality!)" - Futurist Jim Carroll Often, the thing that holds people back from their ability to get to tomorrow is their insane ability to hold to their beliefs, even in

Motivational Mondays

Motivational Mondays

"You will never move forward if you keep looking back!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Some years ago, someone on a social media network somewhere decided that "Monday's are for motivation" and launched the idea that social media posts on that day should have some

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