Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

2026

26 Principles for 2026: #17 Unapologetic Uniqueness

In a linear world, fitting in was a survival strategy. You survived by being a cog that fit perfectly into the machine. In an exponential world, conformity is a death sentence.

26 Principles for 2026: #17 Unapologetic Uniqueness

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Waste More Time!

Waste More Time!

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Exponential Change

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

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Bend Your Mind

Bend Your Mind

Make your imagination matter more."

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"In just a few short years, you'll wonder how you ever survived without your personal knowledge butler by your side!"

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Think Different.

Think Different.

"Beyond every problem is an idea that fixes it."

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Self Diminishment

"Never use the word 'just. It diminishes who you really are!"

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Accelerating Creativity

"Why not try to answer a few questions you've never asked before?"

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Leadership Complacency

"The same old excuse will always get you the same old result."

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