The Daily Inspiration

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

2025

Reinvention!

"Presume, in the absence of constant action, your obsolescence" - 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,

Reinvention!

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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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Dismissive Arrogance

Dismissive Arrogance

"Is your competition busy playing 3-dimensional chess, while you are playing checkers on a blank board?"

Fore!

Fore!

"If you finally do succeed, try not to look too astonished!"

Think BIG.

Think BIG.

"If you are surrounded by transformative trends that are so big, why do you continue to think so small?"

BuzzKillers

BuzzKillers

"If you keep waiting around for bad things to happen you'll never be ready when good things happen!"

Fixing Tomorrow, Today

Fixing Tomorrow, Today

"If you look back from tomorrow at your failures of today, will you be able to see what you did wrong?"

'Just-in-time knowledge'

'Just-in-time knowledge'

"'Your ability to get the right knowledge at the right time for the right purpose for the right situation. That's power!"

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