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Futurist Jim Carroll

"There's always time to redefine your success from what you have done to what you plan to do!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

I've always believed that true success isn't about what you've done – it's about what you plan to do next.

Let me share some thoughts on how you can redefine success in your own life:

Embrace continuous learning. The world changes at lightning speed these days. Your past accomplishments are valuable, but they're not your ticket to future success or happiness! To truly thrive, become relentlessly curious and eager to teach yourself something new every day. Build your "experiential capital" by jumping into fresh challenges that prepare you for whatever comes next.

Challenge the assumptions you have used to define yourself. We all develop mental scripts about what success should look like. Take a moment to question these beliefs! Ask yourself: "Am I chasing this goal just because it's what I've always done or what others expect?" Don't get trapped in the "we've always done it this way" mindset. It might be time to write your own personal definition of success.

Focus on growing. Instead of defining success by achievements alone, think about how you're growing as a person. Are you gaining new skills? Expanding your understanding? Evolving into someone you're proud to be? True success is the journey of personal transformation, not just reaching destinations.

Maintain a future-positive mindset. Always focus on opportunity, not threat. When redefining success, adopt this same positive outlook! Rather than dwelling on past wins or losses, get excited about future possibilities. The most innovative people I've met share this trait – they see potential where others see problems.

Get unstuck. Too many of us get stuck in endless planning without action. Redefining success means actually pressing "play" on your ideas instead of just thinking about them. Take that first step, however small, toward your new vision of success. The future belongs to those who take action, not those who merely contemplate it.

Reinvent regularly. The traditional career ladder is rapidly fading. We're moving toward "itinerant careers" and "active life-design" where you can blend personal passions with making a living. Success might mean creating a flexible, fulfilling path that doesn't look like anyone else's. The question changes from "what do you do?" to "what do you love to do?"

In the end, redefining success is about switching from constantly looking in the rearview mirror to focusing on the road ahead. It's about being proactive, embracing change, challenging yourself, spotting opportunities, and having the courage to pursue what truly matters to you.

**#Reinvention** **#Success** **#Growth** **#Future** **#Mindset** **#Learning** **#Action** **#Opportunity** **#Change** **#Potential**

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/03/daily-i

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Futurist Jim Carroll

"Urgency demands optimism" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Five years ago, just about this time, millions of people found that they suddenly had to reinvent their future, due to rapidly emerging, unforeseen circumstances. One hundred years from now, those weeks and that year will be viewed as a pretty seismic event in human history; the reverberations are still shaking the foundations of everything around us, often not in a good way.

I certainly did my part to reinvent my reality, building a pretty sophisticated virtual green screen broadcast studio, the second version of which is still found in my basement. Although demand for virtual presentations has collapsed, it is still in use - later today, I'll film a short video for one of my speaker bureau partners for a marketing campaign they have underway.

One of my projects in late 2020 and early 2021 was to explore the mindset of those who were busy 'reinventing' their reality during these trying times. I ended up interviewing eight individuals about their efforts - a rock star, a fireman, an event planner, a magician, a fitness coach, an ex-con, and a pastor.

All of the video interviews ended up on a Website that lives on to this day, found at reinvention.jimcarroll.com

Sometime after the series concluded, I realized that there was a book to be found within all of this marvelous insight. My wife and I rewatched all of the videos, extracting the personal wisdom of each person, and eventually compiled those into my book Now What? Reinvention & The Role of Optimism in Finding Your New Future.

Fast forward: we now find ourselves with a vast set of AI tools, and I've been busy exploring how these can be used as a knowledge and productivity tool. I've mentioned that my go-to favorite is Google Notebook, which allows us to create our own little personal AI tool to examine documents, videos, Websites, and other sources of information.

I decided, as a way of looking back and forward, to create a Notebook that would 'watch' all of the original YouTube videos from this reinvention series, and compile a 'notebook' that I could then query for additional insight.

Once I linked all the videos, I asked a simple question: what is the key message to be found in all of these hour-long videos about reinvention? It popped back with today's quote - urgency demands optimism!

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The interviewees in the sources suggest that urgency is a key factor that drives individuals to reinvent themselves. The sources highlight the importance of acting fast, embracing new realities, being optimistic, and continuously learning and evolving in the face of rapid change

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That was really intriguing, so I then suggested what else it 'saw' with the idea of 'urgency.'

Read on!

**#Urgency** **#Reinvention** **#Adaptation** **#Resilience** **#Innovation** **#Action** **#Leadership** **#Transformation** **#Optimism** **#Change**

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/02/daily-i

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Futurist Jim Carroll

Daily inspiration: "The difference between good & great companies isn't when they innovate, but that they never stop!" - Futurist Jim Carroll

Over the years, I've had several companies come to me, seeking a speaker for a leadership or annual conference, stating that their 'theme this year is innovation.'

I tried hard not to crack up.

As in, you only do this once?

You are going to 'do' innovation and then move on to the next thing?
Shouldn't you be innovative all the time?

I've always been sure that their intentions are good, and in most cases, it has been - they are in an innovative mind space and are always prepared to explore their opportunities through creativity.

But there have been many others for whom innovation seems to have been a 'one-time thing,' an afterthought, an item to address on a checklist before moving on to the next leadership buzz thing.

Um, OK.

The reality is this: innovation isn't an annual event - it's the daily heartbeat of progress that keeps organizations alive. When you schedule innovation for a conference as a one-time topic, you've already missed the point. True innovation lives in every moment of every day. And in fact, the most dangerous words in business aren't 'We're failing,' but 'We'll innovate next quarter.' Innovation isn't a theme - it's the very air successful organizations breathe. The fact is, if you have to declare an innovation season, you're already living in the depths of a pretty brutal leadership winter.

The difference between average companies and great companies is that tomorrow's leaders don't schedule creativity or innovation  - they cultivate it in every conversation, decision, and moment.

The companies that survive don't ask when to innovate - they ask why they ever stopped!

#Innovation #Continuous #Growth #Success #Leadership #Culture #Change #Progress #Reinvention #Mindset---

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2025/01/daily-i

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Daily Inspiration: "Presume, in the absence of constant action, your obsolescence"  - Futurist Jim Carroll

In 2025, as in other years, I'm going to presume that what I know at this very moment won't cut it tomorrow.

The same holds for you. Not to start this motivational bit of insight with a bit of a downer, but here are some facts that should guide you,

Not only should you presume your obsolescence, you should be guided by other realities.

Presume, in the absence of constant action, your irrelevance.

Presume, in the absence of constant action, your stagnation.

Presume, in the absence of constant action, your vulnerability.

Presume, in the absence of constant action, your insignificance.

Presume, in the absence of constant action, your redundancy.

Presume, in the absence of constant action, your regression.

Worse, presume, in the absence of constant action, your downfall.

Ok, so what's with that?

The fact is, relentless change means you can't presume that anything you are doing today will be relevant tomorrow, and so you need to be cognizant of a need to relentlessly reinvent.

In the context of the previous post about knowledge acceleration, consider a few tidbits.

(lots of stuff in the post)

I could go on - every single career, profession, skill, trade, and knowledge set is going out of date faster

Why is all of this happening? Because technology is coming to be the core of almost every industry, and technology is moving faster than ever before. But it's not just that - science is moving quicker, consumer preference is changing faster, and regulatory change evolves at a rapid pace. The tools we use, the vehicles we drive, the equipment that is part of our skill set - existing things become 'things from the olden days' faster while new things emerge.
The fact is, we live in a whirlwind of change, and what we did before won't cut it for what we need to do next. Constant action is needed to avoid obsolescence, regardless of our skill, profession, or role.

#Obsolescence #Change #Action #Reinvention #Technology #Skills #Adaptation #Progress #Future #Disruption

Original post: jimcarroll.com/2024/11/daily-i

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