For those who would joyously march in rank and file, they have already
earned my contempt, for they were given a large brain by accident when a spinal
chord would have sufficed.
~Albert Einstein
You Are Not a UPS Driver Did you know that UPS employs routing software
specifically designed to eliminate or reduce the left-hand turns made by its
delivery vehicles? It seems that going left is harder and more time consuming.
Did you also know that most grocery stores are designed to produce a flow of
traffic that starts to your right as you enter the store? Stop and think for a
minute about the last time you entered an amusement park, zoo, or museum.
Generally the flow of traffic is to the right.
So go left. Left is where the short
lines are. Left gets you to the polar bear exhibit while it’s still cool enough
to see them playing in the water. Left is uncharted territory. It’s backwards,
but good backwards. Left is hard, unless of course, you’re a race horse or race
car driver trained to go around in a left-hand circle so that spectators can
feel comfortable watching you move to their right. It’s ironic that race horse
champion Big Brown was named for UPS. He won the Kentucky Derby after all, by
turning left.
So go left. Stretch your boundaries.
Move at your own pace not that of the pack or what is dictated by some traffic
flow designer somewhere. Walk through doorways and make a deliberate decision
to go to the left. See what things look like from a new perspective.
Going left is not just about
literally turning left. It’s about traveling outside the norm. It means renting
a car and wandering the city on your own rather than taking the tour. It means
walking when everyone else is getting a cab. It means taking a chance on an
unknown eatery rather than a chain restaurant. It means staying at a Mom &
Pop resort rather than a highway hotel. It’s about exploring your surroundings
in such a way that you discover who you really are and what you want from your
life’s journey.
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