# Zig Ziglar finally gets "a round tuit"

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**Created:** [November 28, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zig-ziglar-finally-gets-a-round-tuit/642413 "2012-11-28T22:47:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![G0sp3l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c68b51/32.png) [@G0sp3l](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G0sp3l)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zig-ziglar-finally-gets-a-round-tuit/642413/1 "2012-11-28T22:47:47Z")

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Motivational Speaker Dead at 86

> **[Zig Ziglar, upbeat motivational speaker and author, dies at 86](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/zig-ziglar-upbeat-motivational-speaker-and-author-dies-at-86/2012/11/28/b52bd4ea-397e-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html)**
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> In Zig Ziglar’s world, the morning alarm rang on the “opportunity clock.” And “if you aren’t on fire” when you get to work, “then your wood is wet.” And you have to remember that “money’s not the most...

I remember he spoke at my school in the 80’s, all I can remember about the entire presentation is him making a big deal about “a round tuit”

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/zig-ziglar-finally-gets-a-round-tuit/642413/2 "2012-11-28T23:20:39Z")

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From the linked obit:

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> What his words lacked in depth, they made up for in conviction.

Couldn’t have said it better myself.