How deep is your rut?
When early Americans were expanding their reach westward toward the Pacific Ocean, most of them traveled in covered wagons pulled by horses or mules, just a little bit different from today’s interstate highways and 70 mph-cruising vehicles. There were interstate routes, though; basically just well-worn paths.
Now remember that these were wagons with iron wheels so they rode very roughly and rather than gliding across the pavement like our tires do today, these iron wheels dug ruts. And over time, as more and more wagons headed out west, the ruts got deeper. So the word went out among pioneer settlers, “Choose your rut well” because once you were in some of the deeper ruts, you just had to follow it wherever it went.
“Choose your rut well” is a pretty good maxim for how you work positive. Still doing things one way, wearing your routine into a rut? Business changes so fast today that routines become ruts very quickly. Choose your rut well and move out of it when needed as you work positive and live positive today.
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