Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

Lemonade

Life is going to throw curveballs at you—that's a guarantee. You'll have big wins and moments that feel like a total letdown. The secret is not to let those letdowns define you.

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Volatility as the New Normal

Volatility as the New Normal

"Today? It's business as unusual!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Today's photo is from an event I did a few years ago for a group called Havi International - which represents a massive number of companies that are suppliers of products to McDonald's.

AI and Jobs

AI and Jobs

"Your ability to spot the opportunity will define your ability to counter the threat!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Of all the dumb things said about AI in the last few years, this has perhaps ranked as the dumbest: International Business Machines Corp. Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna said

AI and Strategy

AI and Strategy

"It's the reality that matters (not the hype!)" - Futurist Jim Carroll I have a good friend from my ski club who has been reading my Daily Inspiration post (what you are reading right now) for many, many years. He told me a few months back

Eclipse 2024

Eclipse 2024

"Make more of the moments that matter!" - Futurist Jim Carroll This was a selfie I took yesterday at the airport in Sherbrooke, Quebec, yesterday, just moments after the conclusion of the full totality portion of the 2024 eclipse. To say that I was a bit overwhelmed by

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

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