How often do we rush to conclusions? Pause and see clearly before you judge. #Clarity #Perception #Judgment #Insight #Awareness #DecisionMaking #Leadership
https://medium.com/@mohindroo.sanjay66/how-little-do-they-see-what-really-is-who-frame-their-hasty-judgment-upon-that-which-seems-cf83fb8a50a6
#Clarity
“Whilst it’s better to keep #errorMessages conversational, it’s important not to push it too far…Errors are moments of friction. Sometimes they’re unavoidable, but respecting our users means prioritising #clarity and #empathy… Whimsy can feel especially dismissive if a user is stressed or trying to complete something important. Imagine being late for a job interview and getting a “Whoopsie!” from the train ticketing app.”
Nigeria Aims for JPMorgan Bond Index Inclusion Amid FX Clarity Concerns #SouthernAfrica #WestAfrica #aims #bond #Clarity #Concerns #inclusion #Index #JPMorgan #Nigeria
https://tinyurl.com/2as8dqkm
#Design #Approaches
UI is communication · A communication-first approach to UI design https://ilo.im/163bfc
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#Communication #Principles #Clarity #Politeness #Respectfulness #ProductDesign #UiDesign #UxDesign #WebDesign
"Uncertainty? Don't wait for clarity —create it!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
In a downturn, experimentation isn’t risky. It’s responsible - because it helps to build some clarity where often that clarity does not yet exist.
That doesn't seem intuitive. In uncertain times, it’s easy to assume that clarity comes from caution - that the path forward will emerge once the noise dies down, once the data stabilizes, and once the market settles.
You end up waiting a long time for that! You end up waiting for clarity that never comes, because here’s the truth: clarity doesn’t arrive. It’s earned.
And the way you earn it—especially in a downturn—is by moving.
Testing. Learning. Iterating. Acting. Trying ideas to see what works. Doing things for the sake of doing, not necessarily for the big win, but to figure out what works, and what does not. And in doing so, you create your sense of clarity. That’s how you cut through the fog. That’s how you avoid paralysis.
That’s how you lead.
Experiments are your edge in an era of uncertainty because they are fuel to ignite clarity that is otherwise missing. Remember what I've said in this series - in times of economic pressure, many organizations retreat into stasis They pause product launches, cancel initiatives, and wait for signals. But the companies that thrive in a downturn do the opposite: They turn uncertainty into a laboratory. They run small tests. They build fast prototypes. They launch controlled rollouts. They create momentum—and clarity—through movement.
That’s not reckless. It’s responsible. And it builds something more valuable than predictions or plans: experiential capital.
Here’s how you start building that advantage now:
- launch a live test. Choose one customer segment. Try something new. Measure real results.
- prototype under pressure. Push a rough idea into the market. Let feedback shape the next version.
- accelerate learning loops. Replace long planning cycles with fast experiments. Learn weekly, not quarterly.
- capture insight. Build a shared learning bank. Don’t waste failure—mine it for gold.
- empower your team to try. Make experimentation safe. Celebrate effort, not just outcomes.
- rush something forward. It doesn’t have to be perfect—just real. Let motion build momentum.
- track what works. Treat every test as a data generator. Use outcomes to refine, redirect, and repeat.
- build a culture of motion. Innovation isn’t a project. It’s a mindset. You build it by doing.
Use urgency as fuel. In the face of hesitation, push forward. Action reveals what planning can’t. Make experiential capital your strategy. In a world that punishes delay, the most learned win..
#Experimentation #Clarity #Action #Testing #Innovation #Momentum #Learning #Strategy #Uncertainty #Adaptation
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-uncertainty-dont-wait-for-clarity-create-it/
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
-- Niels Bohr
⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #NielsBohr #Clarity
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Mangrove #RabbitKey #Everglades #Florida
Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood. I who hear a thousand coffee-house debates every day, am very sensible of this want of method in the thoughts of my honest countrymen. There is not one dispute in ten which is managed in those schools of politics, where, after the first three sentences, the question is not entirely lost. Our disputants put me in mind of the scuttle-fish, that when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens all the water about him, till he becomes invisible.
Joseph Addison (1672-1719) English essayist, poet, statesman
Essay (1712-09-05), The Spectator, No. 476
Sourcing, notes: wist.info/addison-joseph/39292…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #addison #argument #clarity #communication #debate #dispute #obfuscation #rhetoric #understanding #wordiness
A Quiet Reset – day 5
A Quiet Reset Day 5. Declutter Your Mind or Space. “Clarity feels like a breath of fresh air.” Today, choose one thing to clear away what no longer serves you. Lighten the load to move ahead. #MakeSpace #BetterEveryDay #SmallStepsBigChanges #Motivation #Clarity #FreshStart #54321 #TheQuietReset
"In a downturn, you don’t find momentum. You make it!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
In a time of volatility, uncertainty, and a lack of clarity, the most natural reaction is often the worst one: we do nothing.
We pause. We overthink. We wait for something to settle before we make a move.
We seek clarity and wait.
We end up waiting a long time - because the irony of this is that clarity doesn’t come from waiting—it comes from moving.
That's the real secret to getting through this volatile time.
Over the past eight posts, we’ve explored what it takes to lead into the future when everything feels unstable: replacing fear with action, and nostalgia with vision. Challenging inertia through innovation, and stress through strategic resilience. Leading with agility over indecision, and thinking globally, not locally. Things like that.
But none of that matters if momentum is missing. Because without motion and moving forward, there is no forward.
That's why you need to imprint this idea in your mind. “You don’t find momentum. You make it.” The future doesn’t reward the ones who paused the longest. It rewards the ones who moved—even just a little—when no one else was.
And here's a secret you should know - progress isn’t always dramatic.
Sometimes it’s quiet, compounding, and invisible to everyone except those who kept showing up. Let me be blunt - inaction is a decision. And it’s usually the wrong one. When volatility strikes, many leaders freeze - the exact wrong thing to do. But the organizations that keep moving build momentum that outlasts the downturn.
Why do you need momentum, even if you don't know where you are going?
→ It allows for achievements – small wins fuel bigger moves
→ It shifts your mindset – which is what you need
→ It enables refinement – progress improves as you move
→ It reveals direction – showing key trends
The key isn’t to make a massive leap. It’s to take the first step—and then another. And another. Soon you are walking into tomorrow - and then running.
You are already well into the race to the future, while the rest haven't even figured out where the starting line is.
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Futurist Jim Carroll is already well into the Acceptance stage of the 7 Stages of Economic Grief because he knows that it is the only sure way to deal with the relentless uncertainty that already defines 2025.
#Momentum #Action #Volatility #Future #Progress #Strategy #Clarity #Leadership #Resilience #Adaptation
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-in-a-downturn-you-dont-find-momentum-you-make-it/
Ditch Social Media for Deep Thinking - George Mack on Modern Wisdom
• Conversational back-and-forth is a terrible format for resolving disagreements in good faith.
• Bullet points are helpful for making disagreements productive.
Sarah Constantin, 2019, https://srconstantin.github.io/2019/09/16/bullet-points.html
#clarity #argumentation #arguing #arguments #discussion #consensus #teamWork #facilitation
🎥✨ Ah, the future of video generation is here: just plug into #Gemini, sprinkle some Veo 2 fairy dust, and magically, something happens! 🤔📉 If only the article could generate #clarity instead of a cryptic code soup—because who doesn't love decoding survey gibberish for fun? 🤷♂️💁♀️
https://blog.google/products/gemini/video-generation/ #videoGeneration #Veo2 #techTrends #decodingSurvey #HackerNews #ngated
Queen of Swords: What Does The Queen of Swords Mean?
When the Queen of Swords appears in a Tarot reading, it’s time to embrace clarity, wisdom, and emotional resilience. The Queen of Swords is a card of intellectual strength, clear communication, and the ability to make decisions with a sharp mind and a steady heart. Depicted as a regal figure seated on a throne, holding a sword upright, this card… https://tarotsway.com/2025/04/15/queen-of-swords/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #QueenOfSwords #TarotReading #Clarity #Wisdom #EmotionalResilience
Queen of Swords https://tarotsway.com/2025/04/15/queen-of-swords/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #QueenOfSwords #TarotReading #Clarity #Wisdom #EmotionalResilience
A Quiet Reset – day 2
Day 2. Think AheadReminder: “Every small step adds up.” “Today, choose one thing to do that moves closer to the person you want to be.” Your future self will thank you. #Vision #Clarity #Goals #BetterEveryDay #SmallStepsBigChanges #Motivation #54321 #TheQuietReset
Intelligent people aren't blessed.
They're cursed with clarity.
While others blissfully regurgitate third-hand opinions over coffee machines, the intelligent sit silently. Watching your house of cards collapse in slow motion. They see every missing piece, every shortcut, every "good enough" buried under "we don't do perfection".
You call it overthinking, as you can't catch up.
They call it surviving the inevitable chaos you refuse to see.
They usually don't talk much.
Not because they're shy,
but because your noise hurts their logic.
You hired them to solve problems.
So let them finish.
Don't micromanage the mechanic fixing your brakes at 200km/h.
Give them space.
And watch them quietly drag your company into a future
you're not even equipped to imagine.
Painful brilliance produces systems that don't scream at 3am.
Let them work.
#Intelligence #Clarity #DeepThoughts #Leadership #CriticalThinking #SystemDesign #Innovation #LetThemWork #TechLeadership #QuietGenius #MicromanagementKills #FutureProof #BuildBetter
#EngineeringMindset #ProblemSolvers #TechCulture #ThinkDifferent #HighPerformance #SilentRevolution #BrillianceHurts
Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.
-- Niels Bohr
Rubio Predicts Clarity on Russia's Commitment to Peace Within Weeks #World #Clarity #commitment #peace #predicts #Rubio #Russias #weeks
https://tinyurl.com/2yhjurje
T.S. Eliot: "Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality."
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Contemplating Eliot, and seeking the music of language in the works of T.S. Eliot, Nan Shepherd and Paul Klee for a new project.
#harpamystica #harpmystic #tseliot #nanshepherd #paulklee #angels #soul #Mysticism #surrealism #poetry #language #clarity #soulsearch
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"Decision fatigue? Simplicity overcomes complexity every time" - Futurist Jim Carroll
A shoutout to Christa Haberstock for giving me the idea!
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Each month, I do an email blast to the various speaker bureau folks who have booked me through the years - about 260 people at this point,.
With that being the case, I've come to keep my message - a key way of keeping them up to date - shorter and to the point..
Here's what I sent yesterday. It speaks for itself with powerful guidance that can apply to just about anything.
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Decision fatigue is real. Breaking through is what matters!
Let's talk about why clients can't make up their minds in 2025!
Noticed clients taking forever to pick speakers lately? It's not you - it's decision fatigue!
I remember seeing a post somewhere on LinkedIn recently that something like 1.5 million people have either 'speaker' or 'keynote speaker' in their profile - no wonder clients are feeling overwhelmed.
This is making it difficult for them to select a speaker - and this is combined with the decision fatigue they are already facing.
Decision Fatigue? What's that?
In my 30+ years of speaking about leadership and innovation, I've often shared insights with audiences about the issues people have with making decisions. Here's what I know - simply put, our brains get tired after making too many choices. Each decision uses mental energy, and eventually, we run out of gas. When we run out of gas, we do the easiest thing possible - we stop making decisions.
Recent studies highlight just how real this problem is:
One study suggests we spend 50% of our working day making decisions
- We make 100+ significant decisions daily, plus thousands of micro-choices (emails, word choices, etc.)
- Decision quality drops by up to 40% after making multiple back-to-back decisions
- 73% of professionals report postponing important decisions due to mental fatigue
I've also noticed that decision paralysis becomes significantly worse during periods of volatility.
Back in 2002, I identified what was happening in the meetings and events industry as what I called "aggressive indecision" - people simply refusing to commit to anything due to overwhelming uncertainty.
I think that's where we are at right now.
By the time they're looking at your speaker options, they've already made too many decisions that day. Their brain is basically saying, "Not another choice!"
No wonder they ghost you after initially seeming excited!
They make the decision easy by deferring it, avoiding it, and not thinking about it.
Here's how to make it easier for mentally drained clients - make it easy for them to make decisions.
#Decision #Fatigue #Simplicity #Choices #Focus #Clarity #Overwhelm #Efficiency #Leadership #Action
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