The Daily Inspiration

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

Into 2025 - #3

"Be relentless on knowledge discovery" - 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, trends, and innovation expert, advising

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Great Wasted Time!

"Great leaders encourage people to waste more time on uncertain projects with unknown goals that have unsure payback and indeterminate timelines. (Because they know it works.)"

"Tomorrow is tomorrow."

You promised yourself yesterday that you were going to do something today so that today wouldn't be like the tomorrow that you had yesterday. Maybe it's time you finally do it.

Beyond the Trade Show:

"Every great story deserves a great storyteller!"

Happy Birthday to my 30 Year Old Son! "It's their future. We should let them have more of a say in it."

My oldest son, Willie, turns 30 today. I am overjoyed in his journey; I am in shock at the milestone. How does this happen? Willie is a marvel of opportunistic thinking, a joy of the explorative mindset. Through several career transitions, all focused on the world around him, he has