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  1. Matthew McConaughey’s Mom, 94, Shares Her Old-School Parenting Tip

    Matthew McConaughey‘s mother, Kay McConaughey, says there’s one parenting rule she always stuck to while raising her sons.…
    #UnitedStates #US #USA #america #beyonce #business #kid #lesson #Man #MatthewMcConaughey #mcconaughey #MOM #moment #old-schoolparentingtip #parentingrule #son #therapy #TinaKnowles #tough-loveparentingstyle #unitedstatesofamerica #value
    europesays.com/2980796/

  2. How a St. Louis florist uses her parents’ inspiration to keep business blooming in a tough economy

    ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) – The National Retail Federation expects consumers to spend a record $38…
    #UnitedStates #US #USA #america #blooming #business #cost #Economy #flowers #rise #tough #unitedstatesofamerica
    europesays.com/2971047/

  3. "Make difficult decisions sooner. (Even when you don't want to)" - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    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.
    --

    At one moment in time, I had Google Claude analyze the thousands of blog posts I've written since 2002, to try to come up with a list of the unique phrases I've come up with through the years. It came back with a massive list. and called them "Jim'isms." I'm pretty proud of the list, since these phrases often capture the essence of the ideas I share with my clients and readers.

    The one I am proudest of is probably the one with which you are most familiar: "aggressive indecision." I coined it back in 2002 to describe the tendency among my clients to make the tough decisions that need to be made, particularly when uncertainty reigns.

    And it led me to believe that the most dangerous words in any business or life are, "Let's wait and see."

    When we wait, we fail. We might tell ourselves we are being prudent, being cautious, but usually, we are just being hesitant. In my 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the difficulty of a decision doesn’t decrease with time: it only compounds. To stay ahead of the curve, you must learn to make difficult decisions sooner, especially when you don't want to.

    Every successful pivot I’ve made in my career and business required me to cut ties with something comfortable but declining. Whether it was walking away from a stable career path or sunsetting a keynote topic that was still "doing okay," the hardest part identify8ing what I needed to do. It involved actually doing it.

    As humans, we are engineered, it seems, to avoid the tough decisions. And yet often, that's the only way to get ahead!

    The simple fact is this: if you wait until you are forced to make a decision, you aren't pivoting; you’re reacting.

    Making decisions sooner -m even when you don't want to - is the antidote to aggressive indecision. Most organizations and people stay stuck because they treat difficult choices like a burden to be avoided rather than a strategic advantage to be seized. By making the tough call early, when you still have resources and momentum, you control the future to the extent you can. If you wait until your hand is forced, the market (or the crisis) controls you.

    Don't let the weight of a difficult choice paralyze you.

    Make the call.

    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that 'aggressive indecision' is the root cause of most failure.

    **#Decisions** **#AggressiveIndecision** **#Action** **#Courage** **#Sooner** **#Pivot** **#Leadership** **#Waiting** **#Momentum** **#Jimisms** **#Strategy** **#Tough** **#Paralysis** **#Control** **#Future** **#Freelance**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  4. "Make difficult decisions sooner. (Even when you don't want to)" - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    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.
    --

    At one moment in time, I had Google Claude analyze the thousands of blog posts I've written since 2002, to try to come up with a list of the unique phrases I've come up with through the years. It came back with a massive list. and called them "Jim'isms." I'm pretty proud of the list, since these phrases often capture the essence of the ideas I share with my clients and readers.

    The one I am proudest of is probably the one with which you are most familiar: "aggressive indecision." I coined it back in 2002 to describe the tendency among my clients to make the tough decisions that need to be made, particularly when uncertainty reigns.

    And it led me to believe that the most dangerous words in any business or life are, "Let's wait and see."

    When we wait, we fail. We might tell ourselves we are being prudent, being cautious, but usually, we are just being hesitant. In my 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the difficulty of a decision doesn’t decrease with time: it only compounds. To stay ahead of the curve, you must learn to make difficult decisions sooner, especially when you don't want to.

    Every successful pivot I’ve made in my career and business required me to cut ties with something comfortable but declining. Whether it was walking away from a stable career path or sunsetting a keynote topic that was still "doing okay," the hardest part identify8ing what I needed to do. It involved actually doing it.

    As humans, we are engineered, it seems, to avoid the tough decisions. And yet often, that's the only way to get ahead!

    The simple fact is this: if you wait until you are forced to make a decision, you aren't pivoting; you’re reacting.

    Making decisions sooner -m even when you don't want to - is the antidote to aggressive indecision. Most organizations and people stay stuck because they treat difficult choices like a burden to be avoided rather than a strategic advantage to be seized. By making the tough call early, when you still have resources and momentum, you control the future to the extent you can. If you wait until your hand is forced, the market (or the crisis) controls you.

    Don't let the weight of a difficult choice paralyze you.

    Make the call.

    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that 'aggressive indecision' is the root cause of most failure.

    **#Decisions** **#AggressiveIndecision** **#Action** **#Courage** **#Sooner** **#Pivot** **#Leadership** **#Waiting** **#Momentum** **#Jimisms** **#Strategy** **#Tough** **#Paralysis** **#Control** **#Future** **#Freelance**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  5. "Make difficult decisions sooner. (Even when you don't want to)" - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    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.
    --

    At one moment in time, I had Google Claude analyze the thousands of blog posts I've written since 2002, to try to come up with a list of the unique phrases I've come up with through the years. It came back with a massive list. and called them "Jim'isms." I'm pretty proud of the list, since these phrases often capture the essence of the ideas I share with my clients and readers.

    The one I am proudest of is probably the one with which you are most familiar: "aggressive indecision." I coined it back in 2002 to describe the tendency among my clients to make the tough decisions that need to be made, particularly when uncertainty reigns.

    And it led me to believe that the most dangerous words in any business or life are, "Let's wait and see."

    When we wait, we fail. We might tell ourselves we are being prudent, being cautious, but usually, we are just being hesitant. In my 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the difficulty of a decision doesn’t decrease with time: it only compounds. To stay ahead of the curve, you must learn to make difficult decisions sooner, especially when you don't want to.

    Every successful pivot I’ve made in my career and business required me to cut ties with something comfortable but declining. Whether it was walking away from a stable career path or sunsetting a keynote topic that was still "doing okay," the hardest part identify8ing what I needed to do. It involved actually doing it.

    As humans, we are engineered, it seems, to avoid the tough decisions. And yet often, that's the only way to get ahead!

    The simple fact is this: if you wait until you are forced to make a decision, you aren't pivoting; you’re reacting.

    Making decisions sooner -m even when you don't want to - is the antidote to aggressive indecision. Most organizations and people stay stuck because they treat difficult choices like a burden to be avoided rather than a strategic advantage to be seized. By making the tough call early, when you still have resources and momentum, you control the future to the extent you can. If you wait until your hand is forced, the market (or the crisis) controls you.

    Don't let the weight of a difficult choice paralyze you.

    Make the call.

    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that 'aggressive indecision' is the root cause of most failure.

    **#Decisions** **#AggressiveIndecision** **#Action** **#Courage** **#Sooner** **#Pivot** **#Leadership** **#Waiting** **#Momentum** **#Jimisms** **#Strategy** **#Tough** **#Paralysis** **#Control** **#Future** **#Freelance**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  6. "Make difficult decisions sooner. (Even when you don't want to)" - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    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.
    --

    At one moment in time, I had Google Claude analyze the thousands of blog posts I've written since 2002, to try to come up with a list of the unique phrases I've come up with through the years. It came back with a massive list. and called them "Jim'isms." I'm pretty proud of the list, since these phrases often capture the essence of the ideas I share with my clients and readers.

    The one I am proudest of is probably the one with which you are most familiar: "aggressive indecision." I coined it back in 2002 to describe the tendency among my clients to make the tough decisions that need to be made, particularly when uncertainty reigns.

    And it led me to believe that the most dangerous words in any business or life are, "Let's wait and see."

    When we wait, we fail. We might tell ourselves we are being prudent, being cautious, but usually, we are just being hesitant. In my 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the difficulty of a decision doesn’t decrease with time: it only compounds. To stay ahead of the curve, you must learn to make difficult decisions sooner, especially when you don't want to.

    Every successful pivot I’ve made in my career and business required me to cut ties with something comfortable but declining. Whether it was walking away from a stable career path or sunsetting a keynote topic that was still "doing okay," the hardest part identify8ing what I needed to do. It involved actually doing it.

    As humans, we are engineered, it seems, to avoid the tough decisions. And yet often, that's the only way to get ahead!

    The simple fact is this: if you wait until you are forced to make a decision, you aren't pivoting; you’re reacting.

    Making decisions sooner -m even when you don't want to - is the antidote to aggressive indecision. Most organizations and people stay stuck because they treat difficult choices like a burden to be avoided rather than a strategic advantage to be seized. By making the tough call early, when you still have resources and momentum, you control the future to the extent you can. If you wait until your hand is forced, the market (or the crisis) controls you.

    Don't let the weight of a difficult choice paralyze you.

    Make the call.

    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that 'aggressive indecision' is the root cause of most failure.

    **#Decisions** **#AggressiveIndecision** **#Action** **#Courage** **#Sooner** **#Pivot** **#Leadership** **#Waiting** **#Momentum** **#Jimisms** **#Strategy** **#Tough** **#Paralysis** **#Control** **#Future** **#Freelance**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  7. "Make difficult decisions sooner. (Even when you don't want to)" - Futurist Jim Carroll

    --
    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.
    --

    At one moment in time, I had Google Claude analyze the thousands of blog posts I've written since 2002, to try to come up with a list of the unique phrases I've come up with through the years. It came back with a massive list. and called them "Jim'isms." I'm pretty proud of the list, since these phrases often capture the essence of the ideas I share with my clients and readers.

    The one I am proudest of is probably the one with which you are most familiar: "aggressive indecision." I coined it back in 2002 to describe the tendency among my clients to make the tough decisions that need to be made, particularly when uncertainty reigns.

    And it led me to believe that the most dangerous words in any business or life are, "Let's wait and see."

    When we wait, we fail. We might tell ourselves we are being prudent, being cautious, but usually, we are just being hesitant. In my 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the difficulty of a decision doesn’t decrease with time: it only compounds. To stay ahead of the curve, you must learn to make difficult decisions sooner, especially when you don't want to.

    Every successful pivot I’ve made in my career and business required me to cut ties with something comfortable but declining. Whether it was walking away from a stable career path or sunsetting a keynote topic that was still "doing okay," the hardest part identify8ing what I needed to do. It involved actually doing it.

    As humans, we are engineered, it seems, to avoid the tough decisions. And yet often, that's the only way to get ahead!

    The simple fact is this: if you wait until you are forced to make a decision, you aren't pivoting; you’re reacting.

    Making decisions sooner -m even when you don't want to - is the antidote to aggressive indecision. Most organizations and people stay stuck because they treat difficult choices like a burden to be avoided rather than a strategic advantage to be seized. By making the tough call early, when you still have resources and momentum, you control the future to the extent you can. If you wait until your hand is forced, the market (or the crisis) controls you.

    Don't let the weight of a difficult choice paralyze you.

    Make the call.

    Futurist Jim Carroll believes that 'aggressive indecision' is the root cause of most failure.

    **#Decisions** **#AggressiveIndecision** **#Action** **#Courage** **#Sooner** **#Pivot** **#Leadership** **#Waiting** **#Momentum** **#Jimisms** **#Strategy** **#Tough** **#Paralysis** **#Control** **#Future** **#Freelance**

    Original post: jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decodin

  8. the European Parliament’s recipe for the housing crisis

    BrusselsThe European Union avoids taking too many measures on housing and always argues that it falls under the…
    #Economy #And #construction #crisis #EconomyofEU #EconomyoftheEU #employment #EUeconomy #Europe #European #for #housing #more #parliament #recipe #S- #stance #the #tough
    europesays.com/2837395/

  9. Work in progress sur le thème de #donnalee par #pastorius je suis à 180bpm la tune est autour de 220bpm. ca va être dur à mon âge de remonter la pente :) #bass #slow #tough

  10. "... they wear shorts outside in February to shovel snow, and they eat beaver tails! Canadians are either really tough, or effing crazy."

    #Canada #Canadian #snow #shovel #shorts #BeaverTail #misunderstanding #tough #crazy

  11. "... they wear shorts outside in February to shovel snow, and they eat beaver tails! Canadians are either really tough, or effing crazy."

    #Canada #Canadian #snow #shovel #shorts #BeaverTail #misunderstanding #tough #crazy

  12. "... they wear shorts outside in February to shovel snow, and they eat beaver tails! Canadians are either really tough, or effing crazy."

    #Canada #Canadian #snow #shovel #shorts #BeaverTail #misunderstanding #tough #crazy

  13. "... they wear shorts outside in February to shovel snow, and they eat beaver tails! Canadians are either really tough, or effing crazy."

    #Canada #Canadian #snow #shovel #shorts #BeaverTail #misunderstanding #tough #crazy

  14. "... they wear shorts outside in February to shovel snow, and they eat beaver tails! Canadians are either really tough, or effing crazy."

    #Canada #Canadian #snow #shovel #shorts #BeaverTail #misunderstanding #tough #crazy

  15. Konaté on How “Tough” Pre-Season will Prepare them to Compete Again

    Ibrahima Konaté spoke to Liverpoolfc.com following the first of the club’s friendlies on their Asian tour: “Last season…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Soccer #again #compete #front-page #how #konat #liverpool #liverpool-preseason-coverage #offside #on #pre #prepare #season #Sports #the #them #to #tough #will
    newsbeep.com/us/45025/

  16. Konaté on How “Tough” Pre-Season will Prepare them to Compete Again

    Ibrahima Konaté spoke to Liverpoolfc.com following the first of the club’s friendlies on their Asian tour: “Last season…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Soccer #again #compete #front-page #how #konat #liverpool #liverpool-preseason-coverage #offside #on #pre #prepare #season #Sports #the #them #to #tough #will
    newsbeep.com/us/45025/

  17. In this #model, #men are expected to always #act #tough, be #aggressive, take #risks, #Suppress their #emotions, be #stoic, #heterosexual, #homophobic, #transphobic, #misogynistic, and #dominant.

    Also not surprisingly roughly 1/3 would also rate themselves as Conservative, while the rest of us might use the terms backwards or cavemen.

  18. Does anyone know a good financial planner? I need to either deposit this huge travel reimbursement check, buy a gallon of gas, or maybe split it up into 30 annual payments. This is a time-sensitive situation... I have less than 90 days to decide... 🤔

    #money #financialplanner #financialplanning #check #bank #deposit #gas #gasprices #annuities #tough #decisions

  19. #January 22, 1996
    #OTD Robin #Chotzinoff's "People w/ Dirty Hands: The Passion for #Gardening" was published.

    A #Columnist for #GardenDesign, Robin shared her #Wit & #Wisdom on gardening.
    She quipped,

    "There are no child #Prodigy gardeners."

    Regarding #Garden #Failures, she wrote,

    "Old #Roses are full of instructions on how to live right.
    If you are attacked by disease, abandonment, or a bad chain of events, do not...despair.
    There is always the chance you were #Bred to be #Tough."

    #Hope

  20. #November 27, 1970
    #OTD Karl Forster, #German #Plant #Breeder, died.

    At 18, he took over his family's Berlin nursery, which was a mess.

    Karl #Streamlined the #Business by #Simplifying his #Plant inventory. He was especially drawn to #Tough, #LowMaintenance, #Hardy #Perennials.

    Karl used 3 factors to determine whether a plant would be sold in his #Nursery: #Beauty, #Resilience, & #Endurance.

    Karl once wrote,
    "A #Garden without #Phlox is not only a sheer mistake but a #Sin against #Summer."