Success

"Be the person who sees the solutions, not the one who only identifies the problems!" - Futurist Jim Carroll You never read a LinkedIn profile that starts out boasting someone is just a problem-identifier - but you do see people boasting that they are a problem-solver! You never

"Take pride in your losses because they teach you about your wins!" - Futurist Jim Carroll People hide from their failure. They shouldn't. Because often, it's the only way to get to success. Your wins are informed by your losses. Your success is defined

"‘Your time is gonna’ come’ need not be your epitaph!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Innovate or die. It's that simple. Here's a simple list of companies that were once great successes. Then they weren't: Blockbuster. Borders. Lehman Bros. Kodak. Circuit City. RadioShack.

"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

"If you keep chasing motivation instead of chasing trends, you're doing tomorrow all wrong!" - Futurist Jim Carroll One of the most interesting - and perhaps one of the most common - situations in my line of work is when you get contacted by a potential

"Prove them wrong!" - Futurist Jim Carroll Your life is often defined by a series of barriers established by someone other than yourself. The barriers are established by them to tell you that you can't accomplish something - prove them wrong! That you don't