Inspiration

"Every failure is in reality a critical step in a successful reinvention!" - Futurist Jim Carroll It’s book week! Each day, a post involving one of my books! Today, my biggest book failure! Life is sometimes full of wild success punctuated by staggering failure. In that context,

"Have you ever realized that maybe it’s your attitude that has you winning in the race to irrelevance?" - Futurist Jim Carroll Only a fool dares believe that their past defines their future. I've met a lot of fools. Hubris, arrogance, imperiousness - these are

"Dare to differ. Be that one in every crowd!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Some people. Innovative people. Spot the difference! It's quite true. Some people have a very narrow view of the world and never achieve too much. Innovators have a wide-open mind and change the

"There's nothing worse than not trying!" - Futurist Jim Carroll My wife and I have recently been watching the show "Anything is Possible" over on the Disney Channel - it's a 6-part series about the special effects company Industrial Light and Magic.

(Note to Ghost recipients. I moved to a new Ubuntu server yesterday, and there are some teething problems. There is a chance you might receive this message twice. For that, I apologize! Please let me know if you see anything weird. I still have not resolved the issue of new

"Believe that you can do something noble" - Zachary Taffany Meet Zachary Taffany. He calls himself "The Vanilla Evangelist." My wife and I just met him - and listened to a pretty fascinating presentation - at the only vanilla bean farm in the USA - The