"Show up!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
The future belongs to those who commit!
So show up!
What brings about this line of thought today? Because I noticed a lot of visits to this post yesterday:
"To win in the race to the future, you need to decide to show up at the starting line.”
Read the post from February 2017. It's back when I was just starting this daily series years ago. Intrigued, I dug into my writing about the topic of showing up, and it's something I have covered a few times in the years since.
"If you are going to show up at the starting line for the future, make sure that you don't show up late!"
"Show up early!"
"It's a better idea to create the future than to just show up for it."
"Define your future, don't just show up for it."
So why not just show up? I mean, today! Show up!
Why does it matter?
Because the simple act of "showing up" is the most basic foundational principle for anyone who wants to succeed in a fast-changing world. It's a decision not just to participate in tomorrow, but a decision to engage with it, get involved, steer it, and direct it. It's the difference between being a spectator and being the architect of your own destiny.
I used Gemini to feed all of the above posts with a view to seeing what points I've raised about the importance of showing up. What I got was a list of 10 reasons why you must 'show up.' It's a good list!
Read the post for more!
So what should you do today?
Show up!
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Futurist Jim Carroll shows up every day. His Daily Inspiration post has shown up every single workday since August 2016.
**#ShowUp** **#Commitment** **#Action** **#Engagement** **#Future** **#Participation** **#Proactive** **#Momentum** **#Growth** **#Initiative**
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/10/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-show-up/