Jim Carroll

Jim Carroll (born April 14, 1959) is a Canadian futurist, author, and keynote speaker. He is known for his early commentary on the Canadian internet and for his work on business innovation, leadership, and the future of industries. His Daily Inspiration series on jimcarroll.com has featured thousands of original quotes since the early 2000s. On the Future "Consistency is only a virtue if the path is still relevant." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "The speed with which people will disavow themselves tomorrow from what they do today will astonish you." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "This current moment was once your unimaginable future." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "The future you are looking for is the one you choose to create." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "The future is inevitable. Your decisions and actions are not." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Some people see the future and see a threat. Innovators see the same future and see an opportunity." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Every great future was once but a small, barely discernible opportunity." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "You are already living in a world that would have seemed to be the stuff of science fiction just a few short years ago." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Be tomorrow. Today." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "The road to the future can often be found in the missteps of the past." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com On Change and Innovation "Unapologetic uniqueness: conformity is where tomorrow's greatness goes to die." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Certain trends are inevitable. Your inability to accept them should not be." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Stop managing 'what is'; start creating 'what could be.'" Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "The future was never about the art of the deal. It's always been about the art of the pivot." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Rather than trying to find a solution to the same old problem, invent a problem that has an easier solution." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Weird is where opportunity lives." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Don't change. Adapt." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "In a world of constant change, the most valuable degree is the one that teaches you how to keep learning." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Every great legacy should always be right at the edge of the precipice of reinvention." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "There's still time to turn your life from monochrome to Technicolor." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com On Action and Leadership "Never give up. Just give more." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "How you manage your disappointments defines whether you just heal, or whether you evolve." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Don't be afraid of doing something. Be afraid of not doing it at all." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Shift your mindset from why you can't to why you must." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "The most powerful force in nature is the steady, quiet drip of persistence." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Be the person known for ideas, not excuses." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Before you are good at something, you're bad at it. That's OK. That's how it's supposed to work." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "You should develop the audacity to create the unimaginable." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Make your imagination matter more." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Try to be an ordinary person doing extraordinary things." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com On Technology and AI "It's not about using the machine. It's about thinking with the machine." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Explaining AI today is just like explaining the internet in 1993." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Choose velocity over certainty." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "The real magic begins once we start to chat with the machines." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Control of the speed of innovation in every single industry is now being set by Silicon Valley." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com On Mindset and Perspective "Assumptions are dangerous illusions that bind us to an unsuccessful future." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "A brand is no longer what you say it is. It's what they say it is." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Problems can't be solved if nobody has discovered that they exist." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Never stop chasing creativity." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Build for your future, not your past." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com On Business and Strategy "A strategy based on hype isn't a strategy. It's a tombstone for cash." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "It's the jobs that do not yet exist that you really need to prepare for." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "A slow start doesn't mean a lost race when you've got acceleration on your side." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Indecision and inaction are the killers of all initiative." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com "Stop trying to be everything to everyone. Just be the best thing to those who matter." Daily Inspiration, jimcarroll.com External links Official website Daily Inspiration archive Category:Canadian people Category:Futurists Category:Business writers Category:Living people Category:1959 births