The material our first archaeology could not see
Category archaeology is useful, but it has a blind spot: it can only recover what was categorized.
These Daily Inspirations were substantial essays yet carried no WordPress category other than Daily Inspiration. That means a 1,500-word essay about innovation, leadership or the future could disappear from a thematic search simply because it was published under the daily series and nowhere else.
This collection exists to correct that.
These are not leftovers. They are evidence that Daily Inspiration became its own publishing system, with ideas substantial enough to stand beside the formally categorized archive.
What this changes
For futurist.info, every essay below should be treated as a candidate to enrich an existing Idea, Trend, Signal, Industry page or Concept Lineage. Where several essays express the same recurring thought, the right answer is not to create several thin pages. It is to build one strong knowledge object supported by multiple dated receipts.
Sixty hidden essays
01. Daily Inspiration: “When your old future is over, it’s time to build yourself a new one!”
2021-12-03 · approximately 1,504 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “When your old future is over, it’s time to build yourself a new one!” - Futurist Jim Carroll 11 years ago yesterday, I gave a dinner keynote to a senior leadership team at NASA. What a crowd - astronauts, program managers, launch controllers, and literally, rocket engineers!
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02. Daily Inspiration: “Failed leadership: When you spend more time talking about what you can’t do rather than what you can do!”
2022-02-14 · approximately 1,426 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Failed leadership: When you spend more time talking about what you can’t do rather than what you can do!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I try really hard in these daily posts to be inspirational, upbeat, and motivational, but in some moments of time, we must draw that inspiration from the opposite of that. So here’s what we’ve learned in the last few weeks - the ‘active inaction I began talking about as a trend some months ago is very real; the ‘aggressive indecision I’ve highlighted as a leadership f
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03. Daily Inspiration: “It’s what we do on the days that are tough that can redefine our mindset for when the days are easier!”
2022-04-13 · approximately 1,750 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “It’s what we do on the days that are tough that can redefine our mindset for when the days are easier!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Never take things for granted - and know that you derive your strength for your future during those moments when times are tough. That’s because what you do during those moments will help to change your mindset as you go into a new and different future.
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04. Daily Inspiration: “If you can’t acknowledge your competition, you won’t acknowledge your future!”
2022-09-15 · approximately 1,564 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “If you can’t acknowledge your competition, you won’t acknowledge your future!” - Futurist Jim Carroll In 1989, I was almost fired from my job for a global professional services firm as the result of a magazine cover story about e-mail featuring me. The other day, I noticed that my wife got rid of the mailbox at our front door - and with that, it’s the end of the era!
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05. Daily Inspiration: “A good leader knows how their strategy is performing. A great leader knows how everyone else is doing!”
2022-09-21 · approximately 1,341 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “A good leader knows how their strategy is performing. A great leader knows how everyone else is doing!” - Futurist Jim Carroll For a time in the very early 90s, while making my transition into a career speaking and writing about the future, I spent a few years offering up services on the side as a ‘competitive intelligence professional.’ That came to mind last week as a number of people commented on my post about companies refusing to acknowledge their competitors in their day-to-day actions -
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06. Daily Inspiration: “Milestones are valuable markers of progress made but also reminders of goals yet to be achieved!”
2022-10-27 · approximately 1,882 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Milestones are valuable markers of progress made but also reminders of goals yet to be achieved!” - Futurist Jim Carroll A few photos of my online career from the time I signed on in 1982, through the ’90s and ’00s, up to today’s stage work. hey, I still have hair!
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07. Daily Inspiration: “The best way to cope in a world seemingly gone mad is to double down on dignity!”
2022-12-16 · approximately 1,398 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “The best way to cope in a world seemingly gone mad is to double down on dignity!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Sometimes it does seem like the world has gone mad - extremely divisive politics, a rise in hate crimes, absolute emotional terrorism on social networks, attacks on public institutions, and increasing violence. Everyone has a feeling that things are getting out of hand.
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08. Daily Inspiration: “A little bit of inspiration never hurt anyone!”
2022-12-30 · approximately 1,586 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “A little bit of inspiration never hurt anyone!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Why not start your day with a little bit of inspiration? I do!
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09. Daily Inspiration: “The trend that actually happens is the one that isn’t hyped!”
2023-01-03 · approximately 1,401 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “The trend that actually happens is the one that isn’t hyped!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Part of the art of figuring out the future is knowing this - you’ll often find the real trend by looking beyond the hype to what’s actually happening! The hype?
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10. Daily Inspiration: “You can’t deny denialism!”
2023-01-04 · approximately 1,755 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “You can’t deny denialism!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Today’s image barely fits into the “Inspiration” theme - my wife REALLY didn’t like the image as I put it together - but that’s the point. We live in perilous, scary times - there are people around you who actually believe the wild conspiracies found in this image below.
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11. Daily Inspiration: “It’s time to move from triage to tomorrow!”
2023-01-11 · approximately 2,412 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “It’s time to move from triage to tomorrow!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Next month will mark 3 years since individuals and organizations began to go through the largest disruption they will ever know. With lockdowns, a staggering loss of human life, work-from-home, and the rapid emergence of a digital lifestyle and e-commerce infrastructure - we all had to learn to adapt quickly.
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12. Daily Inspiration: “The wisdom of the crowd will turn any hero to a zero in but an instant!”
2023-01-17 · approximately 1,374 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “The wisdom of the crowd will turn any hero to a zero in but an instant!” - Futurist Jim Carroll When you’ve lost the developers, you’ve lost the future If you are in technology, you will know the truth of that statement; if you aren’t, things won’t much matter to you. But in the ongoing soap opera that has marked Elon Musk, this weekend marked a new low in human empathy, respect, and perhaps, intelligence.
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13. Daily Inspiration: “Recommit. Rethink Reinforce! Don’t let the detractors bring you down!”
2023-02-08 · approximately 1,627 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Recommit. Rethink Reinforce!
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14. Daily Inspiration: “Avoid the delusion of exceptionalism!”
2023-02-16 · approximately 1,469 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Avoid the delusion of exceptionalism!” - Futurist Jim Carroll An ex-Google engineer by the name of Praveen Seshadri caught a lot of attention yesterday for his post a few days ago, “The maze is in the mouse,” featuring the sub-heading, “What ails Google? And how it can turn things around” More on the reasoning in his post in a moment, but it did feature this bit of commentary which immediately caught my attention: The way I see it, Google has four core cultural problems.
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15. Daily Inspiration: “The future sure as heck doesn’t belong to those who are slow!”
2023-02-17 · approximately 1,444 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “The future sure as heck doesn’t belong to those who are slow!” - Futurist Jim Carroll The CEOs aren’t happy - because they don’t see any compelling sense of urgency with their team. That’s the message from recent surveys from recruiting firms Russell Reynolds and Price Waterhouse.
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16. Daily Inspiration: “Grow your ideas, not your skepticism!”
2023-02-21 · approximately 1,485 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Grow your ideas, not your skepticism!” - Futurist Jim Carroll One of the most fascinating trends unfolding in our future involves the world’s oldest profession. No - not that one.
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17. Daily Inspiration: “Judge your success by what you actually do. Not just by what you plan to do!”
2023-02-28 · approximately 1,668 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Judge your success by what you actually do. Not just by what you plan to do!” - Futurist Jim Carroll You know you’ve got a problem but you don’t fix it.
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18. Daily Inspiration: “If you weren’t paying attention in chemistry class, you d better start paying attention now!”
2023-03-01 · approximately 1,606 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “If you weren’t paying attention in chemistry class, you d better start paying attention now!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Actually, I was really good at chemistry - it was just math. It didn’t really catch my interest though.
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19. Daily Inspiration: “Dismissive skepticism is at the root of many a missed opportunity!”
2023-03-09 · approximately 1,323 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Dismissive skepticism is at the root of many a missed opportunity!” - Futurist Jim Carroll To be a futurist is to be one who is often accused of getting the significance of various trends wrong. That’s OK - we have to deal with the skeptics - it comes with the territory!
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20. Daly Inspiration: “It’s better to face what you fear rather than focusing on the fear of what you might face!”
2023-03-30 · approximately 1,396 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “It’s better to face what you fear rather than focusing on the fear of what you might face!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Meet Aurora! She’s a 2-year-old rescue dog, born during the pandemic, and unfortunately during the early days of her life, spending too much of her time locked away inside.
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21. Daily Inspiration: “It’s when you start to think to yourself that it couldn’t get any worse that you need to remind yourself that actually, right now, it couldn’t be any better!”
2023-04-03 · approximately 1,402 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “It’s when you start to think to yourself that it couldn’t get any worse that you need to remind yourself that actually, right now, it couldn’t be any better!” - Futurist Jim Carroll This morning, full of great intent to start my day on a positive note, I quickly discovered that my laptop battery wasn’t charging. Something wasn’t quite right - and this comes right after Apple fixed the screen just last week!
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22. Daily Inspiration: “Cynicism isn’t wisdom. It’s the key ingredient for the self-sabotage of your future!”
2023-05-02 · approximately 1,399 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Cynicism isn’t wisdom. It’s the key ingredient for the self-sabotage of your future!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I finished the original quote!
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23. Daily Inspiration: “You should always have too many interests and not enough time!”
2023-05-11 · approximately 1,447 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “You should always have too many interests and not enough time!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I got kind of excited yesterday while thinking about this quote since I think I finally might have figured out who I am. I am a multipotentialite.
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24. Daily Inspiration: “Centuries-old relationships are changing. Are you?”
2023-05-12 · approximately 1,305 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Centuries-old relationships are changing. Are you?” - Futurist Jim Carroll I’m often asked about the impact of technologies like AI and robotics on careers going forward.
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25. Daily Inspiration: “The only way to successfully print a two-sided card is to completely abandon the idea altogether!”
2023-05-15 · approximately 1,799 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “The only way to successfully print a two-sided card is to completely abandon the idea altogether!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I have never met anyone who has successfully, without significant mental trauma, printed a greeting card that folds properly, or, as the software and hardware companies suggest with their phrasing, print a ‘two-sided card.’ I was reminded of this fact that one day last week when a neighbor of mine sent a message asking for help; she had prepared a wonderful photo collage for
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26. Daily Inspiration: Personal Success Story - “‘Never in your wildest dreams’ can become a little bit wild at times!”
2023-07-03 · approximately 1,632 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: ”’ ‘Never in your wildest dreams ’ can become a little bit wild at times!” - Futurist Jim Carroll It was 29 years ago yesterday when the wildest moment became pretty wild. I only happened to notice when I glanced at a picture frame I have on the wall in the home office and saw that the date lined up.
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27. Daily Inspiration: The Volatile Future - “If you see a conspiracy behind every tree maybe you need to get out of the forest!”
2023-08-25 · approximately 1,332 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “If you see a conspiracy behind every tree maybe you need to get out of the forest!” - Futurist Jim Carroll All of us have lost someone to the maelstrom of the madness, the confusion of the crazy, the innards of the insanity. We’ve seen otherwise rational people fall prey to delusions, subscribe to conspiracies, and fuel their paranoia through the warm path of the social media misinformation swamp.
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28. Daily Inspiration: Innovation and Culture - “Give yourself permission to try new things!
2023-10-23 · approximately 2,842 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Give yourself permission to try new things!” - Futurist Jim Carroll My wife and I attended the Celebration of Life for the father of one of our good friends at our ski chalet, Cedric Gyles. Although we only briefly met the man once, we knew that the relationship that our good friend John had with his dad was special and that this was a significant loss; we thought it important that we show John and his wife Jane our respect by attending.
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29. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #2 - “Double down on your values and beliefs”
2023-11-28 · approximately 1,462 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Double down on your values and beliefs” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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30. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #5 - “Elevate your enthusiasm!”
2023-12-01 · approximately 1,559 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Elevate your enthusiasm!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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31. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #7 - “Recommit to your ethics!”
2023-12-05 · approximately 1,411 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Recommit to your ethics!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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32. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #10 - “Become known for what REALLY matters!”
2023-12-08 · approximately 1,521 words
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What is in the original: “Become known for what really matters!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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33. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #12 - “Don’t forget the obvious”
2023-12-12 · approximately 1,311 words
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What is in the original: “Don’t forget the obvious” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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34. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #13 - “Be prepared to launch”
2023-12-13 · approximately 1,402 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Be prepared to launch” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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35. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #14 - “Keep an eye on the edges”
2023-12-14 · approximately 1,419 words
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What is in the original: “Keep an eye on the edges” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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36. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #15 - “Shatter some norms”
2023-12-15 · approximately 1,712 words
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What is in the original: “Shatter some norms” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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37. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #16 - “Fail at fewer first impression failures”
2023-12-18 · approximately 2,010 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Fail at fewer first impression failures” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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38. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #17 - “Invest in kindness”
2023-12-19 · approximately 1,978 words
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What is in the original: “Invest in kindness” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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39. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #20 - “Honor every learning curve”
2023-12-22 · approximately 1,693 words
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What is in the original: “Honor every learning curve” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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40. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #22 - “Stay focused on the ’BIG’ future”
2023-12-28 · approximately 1,594 words
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What is in the original: “Stay focused on the ’BIG’ future” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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41. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #23 - “Cast a more skeptical eye towards many trends, forecasts and predictions”
2023-12-29 · approximately 1,447 words
Recovered because the post is 500+ words yet was categorized only as Daily Inspiration. It therefore escaped normal topic/category archaeology.
What is in the original: “Cast a more skeptical eye towards many trends, forecasts and predictions” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series ru
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42. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #24 - “Stop waiting. Start doing!”
2024-01-01 · approximately 1,353 words
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What is in the original: “Stop waiting. Start doing!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future.
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43. Daily Inspiration: “10 Great Words for 2024”
2024-01-02 · approximately 1,883 words
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What is in the original: “10 Great Words for 2024 - Explore, Imagine, Embrace, Challenge, Strategize, Create, Defy, Avoid, Persevere, Do!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Happy New Year! Keeping up with a tradition that began back in 2006 - starting each year with ‘10 Great Words’ - here’s what I’m thinking for 2024!
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44. Daily Inspiration: Courage - “The best way to challenge your fears is through involvement!”
2024-01-08 · approximately 1,391 words
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What is in the original: “The best way to challenge your fears is through involvement!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Skill? It’s that thing you develop by trying to do that thing you’ve never done before.
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45. Daily Inspiration: Entrepreneurship & Philanthropy - “Believe that you can do something noble”
2024-02-15 · approximately 1,670 words
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What is in the original: “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 Hawaiian Vanilla Co.
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46. Daily Inspiration: Frogs in Texas - “Have you ever thought that perhaps you have been looking in the wrong direction, at the wrong time, at the wrong threat?”
2024-03-04 · approximately 1,592 words
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What is in the original: “Have you ever thought that perhaps you have been looking in the wrong direction, at the wrong time, at the wrong threat?” - Futurist Jim Carroll It’s book week! Each day, a post involving one of my books!
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47. Daily Inspiration: Initiative & Success - “Seize every moment of magic!”
2024-03-05 · approximately 1,831 words
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What is in the original: “Seize every moment of magic!” - Futurist Jim Carroll It’s book week! Each day, a post involving one of my books!
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48. Daily Inspiration: Skills & Reinvention - “Every failure is in reality a critical step in a successful reinvention!”
2024-03-06 · approximately 1,782 words
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What is in the original: “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!
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49. Daily Inspiration: Personal Growth - “Always remember that the most unlikely circumstances can always lead to the most unlikely results!”
2024-08-20 · approximately 1,346 words
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What is in the original: “Always remember that the most unlikely circumstances can always lead to the most unlikely results!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Back in 1983, I seemed to be one of the few people in my company, east of Toronto, who knew how to use Visicalc. And with that, a career was born.
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50. Daily Inspiration: 24 Strategies for 2024 #13 - “Be prepared to launch”
2024-08-21 · approximately 1,402 words
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What is in the original: “Be prepared to launch” - Futurist Jim Carroll Futurist Jim Carroll is running a series that began November 27, 2023, and will end on January 1, 2024 - ‘24 Strategies for 2024.’ Rather than running a trend series for the upcoming year as he has previously, this series will examine a number of his personal beliefs on how to best align yourself with the future. There will be a post each weekday, excluding weekends and holidays, until the series runs its course.
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51. Daily Inspiration - “The only thing limiting your opportunity is the limitation in your inspiration!”
2024-08-26 · approximately 1,429 words
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What is in the original: “The only thing limiting your opportunity is the limitation of your inspiration!” - Futurist Jim Carroll I’ve been writing these posts each workday since August 2016. That’s a lot of ‘Daily Inspirations.’ For today’s post, I fed 7 years’ worth of these posts into ChatGPT and asked it to list for me ‘101 Ideas for Accelerating Your Innovation & Creativity’ that it could find in the document.
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52. Daily Inspiration: On Resilience - “Fear is a liar. Choose courage instead.”
2024-11-12 · approximately 1,346 words
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What is in the original: “Fear is a liar. Choose courage instead.” - Futurist Jim Carroll Today I want to write about resilience - why it’s important, and why chasing resilience instead of giving in to fear is to important.
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53. Daily Inspiration: Policing & AI - “It’s the unknown crime that we can’t yet imagine that we should be worried about!”
2024-11-14 · approximately 1,296 words
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What is in the original: “It’s the unknown crime that we can’t yet imagine that we should be worried about!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Later today, I’ll be doing a talk for the senior leadership team of the RCMP - that’s the Royal Canadian Mounted Police - on the future impact of AI. I’ll have a few hundred police and civilian officials in the room and will take a pretty broad but intense look into the future.
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54. Daily Inspiration: Global politics and trade - “A “blast from the past from 2009 - “Canada announces end of economic relationship with US, & a bold new strategy to 2020”
2025-01-22 · approximately 1,948 words
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What is in the original: “Sometimes, satire can become all too real” - Futurist Jim Carroll There’s no doubt that there might not be a lot of logical, rational stuff going on in the next few years. That’s why I keep stressing that volatility is the new normal.
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55. Daily Inspiration: Giving Back - “Intentional kindness: humanity’s superpower”
2025-03-07 · approximately 1,883 words
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What is in the original: “Intentional kindness: humanity’s superpower” - Futurist Jim Carroll, with a shoutout to Drew Sullivan, APB Speakers The image in today’s Inspiration features my good friend Michael Simon; the phrase, “intentional kindness,” comes from one of my speaker bureau agents, Drew Sullivan. One teaches us the importance of finding moments of joy when we need it most and the importance of ‘giving back’; the other involves intentionally making those moments of joy for others because they truly matter.
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56. Decoding Tomorrow: Daily Inspiration - “For the first time, social media use might actually be declining. And that’s probably a great thing!”
2025-10-24 · approximately 1,617 words
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What is in the original: “For the first time, social media use might actually be declining. And that’s probably a great thing!” - Futurist Jim Carroll Some months ago, I became a first-time grandfather, and I must say, these are some of the most magical moments of my life!
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57. Daily Inspiration: ““At an age when most boys sought adventure, he sought duty.”
2025-11-11 · approximately 2,133 words
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What is in the original: “At an age when most boys sought adventure, he sought duty, trading the Corporal’s badge for the hidden path of a scout—becoming the eyes and ears of a fighting division.” - Futurist Jim Carroll My dad joined the Canadian Army at the age of 16, one day after Poland was invaded. Not only that, he downgraded his rank voluntarily while in Italy so that he could be a motorcycle patrol scout on the front lines.
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58. Daily Inspiration: “Sometimes it’s not the risk itself you need to worry about. It’s what you do to prepare for the risk that does you in!”
2025-11-12 · approximately 1,633 words
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What is in the original: “Sometimes it’s not the risk itself you need to worry about. It’s what you do to prepare for the risk that does you in.” - Futurist Jim Carroll One day, a few years ago I learned that my biological grandfather died in 1925 in a stunt-motorcycle accident - on an Indian motorcycle, nonetheless - after he rode his ‘show’ which was known as the “Wall of Death.” Not only that, but his death appears to be due to a malfunction of the front fork of the Indian motorcycle he rode to perform the ‘death-def
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59. Daily Inspiration: “Christmas 2025: It’s better to be grateful for what you have gained, instead of focusing on what you’ve lost.”
2025-12-23 · approximately 1,495 words
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What is in the original: “Christmas 2025: It’s better to be grateful for what you have gained, instead of focusing on what you’ve lost.” Normally, at this time of year, I would be busy on a ski hill, seeking the joy that comes from the exuberance of the carve. I’m not.
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60. Daily Inspiration: ""A different direction means a louder voice. Get ready, world: you’re getting more Canadian cowbell.”
2026-07-01 · approximately 2,209 words
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What is in the original: “A different direction means a louder voice. Get ready, world: you’re getting more Canadian cowbell.” - Futurist Jim Carroll Happy Canada Day!