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Daily Inspiration: "Seize every moment of magic!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
The first edition of the Canadian Internet Handbook launched 30 years ago today!
The arrow in today's inspiration image points directly at the first book of many in a magical voyage in which I found myself in the 90s - the 1994 edition of the Canadian Internet Handbook. Looking back, I've learned that if you ever have the chance to have magic happen in your career, grab it with all you've got and run with it.
It's kind of stunning to think that it was 30 years ago today that the original little book that truly launched my writing and speaking career was published.
Coming in at a mere 140 pages and a 4x9 print format, the book arrived from the printer on March 5, 1994, and the very next day was covered in the Toronto Star. Mere a few weeks later, it entered the national bestseller list - where it hit the #1 spot in June, where stayed for many weeks. By that time, my co-author Rick Broadhead and our publisher knew that we had a wild beast on our hands, and were already writing the 1995 edition of the book, as well as a new side project, The Canadian Internet Directory - essentially, a set of yellow pages about the Internet in Canada.
It wasn't long before our rocket ride took off, and so today is not a marker of just one book - but all the different books that Rick and I took on together through the next seven years - writing 34 titles and selling well over one million copies.
If magic happens in our life - run with it as fast as you can!
Read the whole story of my wild 90s!
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https://jimcarroll.com/2024/03/daily-inspiration-initiative-success-seize-every-moment-of-magic/ 
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