Initiative

"Chase change!" - Futurist Jim Carroll For those of you who receive my Daily Inspiration via e-mail, welcome to my new format! I've been sending out this email in the same old way with the same old setup since I began in 2016. It was time

"Never accept for a moment their suggestion that you won't succeed!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Never let doubt creep in. Never accept for a moment that creativity has limits. Never accept for a moment that innovation is impossible. Never accept for a moment that the status

"Do things!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Never fall into the trap of saying “I could have done that" - because that means you live a life in which you never try! (This was the first version, significantly shortened!) Instead, be a person who does things! Who thinks

"Enthusiasm matters!" - Futurist Jim Carroll You've got to bring enthusiasm to your day! To every single moment, every single instance of time, every single interaction with others, and every single decision that you make through the day. Enthusiasm matters! That's a lesson that

"Committees are an infrastructure designed to race you to the bottom of opportunity!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Committees kill ideas. Committees kill all initiative. Committees kill the idea of innovation. Committees are the destroyer of all things. Did I mention I think committees are a bad idea? "

"Do the hard things" - Futurist Jim Carroll How many times do you say to yourself, "I'll do the easy things first!" And then you just keep doing the easy things over and over again, always avoiding the hard stuff. And you never make