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Men insist most vehemently upon their certainties when their hold upon them has been shaken. Frantic orthodoxy is a method for obscuring doubt.
-- Reinhold Niebuhr⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Anxiety #Certainty #Doubt #Orthodoxy #Religion
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Men insist most vehemently upon their certainties when their hold upon them has been shaken. Frantic orthodoxy is a method for obscuring doubt.
-- Reinhold Niebuhr⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Anxiety #Certainty #Doubt #Orthodoxy #Religion
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Men insist most vehemently upon their certainties when their hold upon them has been shaken. Frantic orthodoxy is a method for obscuring doubt.
-- Reinhold Niebuhr⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Anxiety #Certainty #Doubt #Orthodoxy #Religion
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Men insist most vehemently upon their certainties when their hold upon them has been shaken. Frantic orthodoxy is a method for obscuring doubt.
-- Reinhold Niebuhr⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Anxiety #Certainty #Doubt #Orthodoxy #Religion
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Men insist most vehemently upon their certainties when their hold upon them has been shaken. Frantic orthodoxy is a method for obscuring doubt.
-- Reinhold Niebuhr⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #ReinholdNiebuhr #Anxiety #Certainty #Doubt #Orthodoxy #Religion
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"Chase the BIG things!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
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Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
--When big, bold opportunities are unfolding, do you chase the big ideas or keep doing small things?
The art of the infinite pivot involves the former, obviously, not the latter.
Big trends involve big opportunities, but only come around so often. So why would you wait?
Think of it this way: the biggest pivot of your life won’t start with a spreadsheet or a market report.
It starts when you finally choose to listen to the quiet, internal voice inside you telling you to leave the safety of "certainty" for the risk of something bigger.
When I quit the corporate world in 1990, I didn't have a 50-page business plan. What I had was a gut feeling that something massive was happening with global networking. I just knew I had to be a part of it. I had no idea where it was going to take me, what I might do, or how I might shape my tomorrow.
But I just knew... so I traded a predictable salary for the unpredictable thrill of the unknown.
I stopped chasing the "safe" path and started chasing the thing I actually wanted to chase.
It worked out pretty well!
Unknown to me at the time, I was deeply caught up in one of the most important aspects of innovation of all - emotional commitment to a bigger trend. And that is the lesson many leaders miss: true innovation requires an emotional investment in a bold future. You'll only accomplish big things if you innovate within the bigger trend.
My early pivot has continued through my career. In fact, throughout my 36-year voyage, the moments of greatest growth always happened after I abandoned the "proven" model to follow a bigger signal that only I could hear.
Look, certainty is comfortable, but being bold takes you further.
Don't wait for the world to permit you to change.
Listen to your internal voice.
Chase the thing you want to chase.
Because it might be in front of you right now.
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It's no wonder that the title of one of Jim's books starts with Think BIG...!
**#BIG** **#Bold** **#Opportunity** **#Trends** **#Chase** **#Vision** **#Courage** **#Pivot** **#Risk** **#Gut** **#Innovation** **#Emotional** **#Commitment** **#Unknown** **#Growth** **#Future** **#ThinkBIG** **#Listen** **#Internal** **#Voice** **#Certainty** **#Safety** **#Leap** **#Dreams** **#Onwards**
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-12-chase-the-big-things/
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"Choose velocity over certainty." - Futurist Jim Carroll
Now is not the time to slow down.
Here's why - all things I've written about before.
The Indecision Tax: Many leaders lose their edge during change, not because they made "bad" choices, but because they waited too long to make any choice at all. Indecision is a tax that drains your competitive advantage while others move ahead.
Inaction is a Decision: When things get volatile, many people freeze and hope for more information. What if there is none? You must realize that standing still is actually a choice. And in a fast-moving world, it is almost always the most expensive risk you can take.
Move Beyond "Pilot Purgatory": Organizations often get stuck in a loop of small, safe tests. Survival requires the speed to move instantly from a small experiment to a massive rollout before the window of opportunity closes.
Strategic Humility Over Pride: To move fast, you must trade the pride of "knowing everything" for the speed of learning new things. What worked yesterday is often a heavy anchor that holds you back from tomorrow's solutions.
Radical Subtraction for Speed: To increase velocity, focus on removing complexity rather than adding more process. Layers of approval and bureaucracy are the primary enemies of speed; you must lean out to accelerate.
Developing Anticipatory Intelligence: The most valuable commodity in a fast world is time. By seeing trends early, you gain a head start to act with velocity before the rest of the market falls into a panic.
The Velocity of Reinvention: Your goal isn't to build a fortress that resists change, but a culture that constantly reinvents itself. Resilience is found in the speed of your transformation, not the strength of your defenses.
Actionable Clarity: Dream, Prove, Win: Innovation follows a simple rhythm: think big enough to dream, start small enough to prove it works, and move fast enough to win. This keeps you moving even when the long-term view is blurry.
The "OODA Loop" on Steroids: Winners are those who observe and act the fastest. By collapsing the time between a decision and an act, you brute-force your way to the right answer through rapid real-world testing.
Escape Velocity: To launch a new idea, you must apply overwhelming force to overcome the pull of "how we've always done it." If you don't pick up the pace, the gravity of the past will eventually pull you down.
Stop waiting for clarity that won't come.
Get moving.
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**#Velocity** **#Certainty** **#Speed** **#Action** **#Leadership** **#Decisions** **#Movement** **#Agility** **#Innovation** **#Change** **#Strategy** **#Momentum** **#Clarity** **#Transformation** **#Reinvention** **#Fast** **#OODA** **#Indecision** **#Escape** **#Focus** **#Anticipation** **#Simplicity** **#Courage** **#Winning** **#Onwards**Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/03/decoding-tomorrow-daily-inspiration-choose-velocity-over-certainty/
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A quotation from Charles Darwin
It has often and confidently been asserted, that man’s origin can never be known: but ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) English naturalist
The Descent of Man, Introduction (1871)More about this quote: wist.info/darwin-charles/44415…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #darwin #charlesdarwin #certainty #confidence #ignorance #knowledge #mystery #science #solution #unknowable
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
[Ἔστιν δὲ πίστις ἐλπιζομένων ὑπόστασις, πραγμάτων ἔλεγχος οὐ βλεπομένων.]The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Hebrews 11. 1 [KJV (1611)]More info about this quote: wist.info/bible-nt/80282/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #bible #newtestament #hebrews #assurance #belief #certainty #conviction #faith #hope #unproven #unseen
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Thanks be to God, that he gave me Stubborness, when I know I am right.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1782-09-27) to Edmund JeningsMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/35533/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #blessing #certainty #conviction #courage #obstinacy #righteousness #selfrighteousness #stubbornness
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Agnosticism is not properly described as a “negative” creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as it expresses absolute faith in the validity of a principle which is as much ethical as intellectual. This principle may be stated in various ways, but they all amount to this: that it is wrong for a man to say that he is certain of the objective truth of any proposition unless he can produce evidence which logically justifies that certainty. This is what Agnosticism asserts; and, in my opinion, it is all that is essential to Agnosticism.
T. H. Huxley (1825-1895) English biologist [Thomas Henry Huxley]
Essay (1889-06), “Agnosticism and Christianity,” The Nineteenth Century magazine, Vol. 25, No. 148Sourcing, notes: wist.info/huxley-thomas-henry/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thhuxley #agnostic #agnosticism #burdenofproof #certainty #evidence #objectivity #proof #truth
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A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin
What you were sure of yesterday, you know now to be false, but what you are sure of today is absolutely true.
Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 10 (1963)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/77…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #assurance #belief #certainty #change #changeofmind #conviction #error #falseness #opinion #perspective #truth
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Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain, whether of our worth or worthlessness, we are almost impervious to fear. Thus a feeling of utter unworthiness can be a source of courage.
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) American writer, philosopher, longshoreman
Passionate State of Mind, Aphorism 87 (1955)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/hoffer-eric/69211/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #erichoffer #selfrighteousness #selfvalue #certainty #confidence #courage #fear #selfconfidence #selfimage #selfworth #stakes #uncertainty #unworthiness #worthiness #worthlessness #fearlessness
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The Cost of Certainty: How Beliefs Cloud True Knowing and How to Recognize the Difference
https://youtu.be/WbRrRxTWUlU
#certainty #beliefvsknowing #truenknowledge #selfawareness #mindsetshift #criticalthinking #personalgrowth #emotionalattachmenttobeliefs #howtoquestionbeliefs #recognizingbeliefvsknowledge #enlightenment #overcomingillusions #questioningreality #spiritualawakening #consciousness #philosophy #truthvsillusion #selfdiscovery #howtofindtruth #openmindedness #wisdom -
A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:
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The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.
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https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/29249/#quote #quotes #quotation #certainty #doubt #hubris #onetrueway #pride #seeking #truth #truthseeking #uncertainty
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A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:
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The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/29249/#quote #quotes #quotation #certainty #doubt #hubris #onetrueway #pride #seeking #truth #truthseeking #uncertainty
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A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:
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The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/29249/#quote #quotes #quotation #certainty #doubt #hubris #onetrueway #pride #seeking #truth #truthseeking #uncertainty
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A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:
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The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/29249/#quote #quotes #quotation #certainty #doubt #hubris #onetrueway #pride #seeking #truth #truthseeking #uncertainty
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A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:
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The presence of those seeking the truth is infinitely to be preferred to the presence of those who think they’ve found it.
»Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/29249/#quote #quotes #quotation #certainty #doubt #hubris #onetrueway #pride #seeking #truth #truthseeking #uncertainty
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Here's another YouTube short excerpted from my Intro to Philosophy lecture on Hegel's Self-Consciousness section & the Master-Slave dialectic, explaining a bit about what Hegel means by "certainty of self"
https://youtube.com/shorts/6igFpplZ9Aw
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#Dear Friends of Y awnings,
As we may #know:
- No #One #knows/#nose everything
- #Mono #thinking is #extreme lizard #braining/wording
- #Bliss is ignorant, wether from younglings or other addiction
In The Other #words; We all have a #capacity to be right and the #righteous of the limp lizard, solidify around their own #certainty. Have we always been sure of that as being #flexible, turn-around and #wishful #thinking? Of course not/knot. That would make us #infallible. Phew, that ain’t me … meow. OW!
I Yam:
- Still learning (no idea, what?)
- Still distilling (I am an operative alchemist)
- a signer of sins [sigh]
#Fortunately this is the Year for #Dragons. And I breathe in fire and breathe out hot air and #rainbows. So as you may conclude. My base metal is #Gold but my lead is led/lead.
www.positive.news/environment/wanted-young-people-conservation-britain-oceans/ -
They aren't #comparable.
The #remains of the two Indigenous women are, firstly, not even certain to be in the #landfill; they're merely suspected to be there. Second, if they are there, they've been there quite some time, and are therefore significantly deeper, which does make #excavating much more #dangerous. Third, they don't know with any degree of #certainty which section of the landfill would contain them.
It's dangerous, impractical, and expensive. But a nice story.
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A quotation from Holmes, Jr., Oliver Wendell:
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… [L]onging for certainty and for repose [is] in every human mind. But certainty generally is an illusion, and repose is not the destiny of man.
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https://wist.info/holmes-jr-oliver-wendell/1930/#quote #quotes #quotation #certainty #destiny #labor #meaningoflife #meme #repose #rest #uncertainty
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#Beliefs are formed by your #sense of #certainty and #connection to your #relationship to #life. You can developed your beliefs through #experience and #discernment , through #faith and through #giving and #receiving #unconditionallove ❤️🙏✨