Decoding Tomorrow: Your Daily Future Inspiration

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

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26 Principles for 2026: #12 Strategic Humility

To really get ahead in 2026, you need to understand the trap of hubris and why your past success can be your biggest future liability.

26 Principles for 2026: #12 Strategic Humility

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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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Innovation

Leadership Complacency

Leadership Complacency

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

Being Your Own Futurist

Being Your Own Futurist

"Your ability to see tomorrow will define the success you will have when you get there!"

A Reminder

A Reminder

"The most powerful lesson you can learn right now is that social media is not a really great place to have an argument."

Upside Down Innovation

Upside Down Innovation

"Rather than trying to find a solution to the same old problem, invent a problem that has an easier solution!"

A Weekend Wedding!

A Weekend Wedding!

"Joy is love. Love is family!"

Beta-Leadership

Beta-Leadership

"Problems can't be solved if nobody has discovered that they exist!"

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