{"id":113,"date":"2026-05-15T16:57:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2026-05-15T16:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T15:59:25","slug":"round-tuit-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/round-tuit-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Round Tuit History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cRound Tuit\u201d predates both Tom Hopkins and Zig Ziglar. It\u2019s an old American pun and novelty item built around the phrase:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ll do it when I get around to it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone eventually turned \u201caround to it\u201d into a literal <strong>round tuit<\/strong> \u2014 usually a coin, wooden token, or medallion handed to procrastinators as a joke motivation tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"77\" src=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000718071f78a66b98375bdb0bf-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000718071f78a66b98375bdb0bf-1024x1024.png 1024w, 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https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000009af471f7ae8b8c84e797480a-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000009af471f7ae8b8c84e797480a-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000009af471f7ae8b8c84e797480a-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000009af471f7ae8b8c84e797480a.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aim Higher Society  Round 2 It <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"75\" src=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_0000000025a071f7b05607234212db2d-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Aim Higher Society\" class=\"wp-image-75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_0000000025a071f7b05607234212db2d-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_0000000025a071f7b05607234212db2d-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_0000000025a071f7b05607234212db2d-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_0000000025a071f7b05607234212db2d-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_0000000025a071f7b05607234212db2d.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Get a Round 2 It <br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"72\" src=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000001abc71f7aafc6b0cda7d27bd-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Aim Higher Society\" class=\"wp-image-72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000001abc71f7aafc6b0cda7d27bd-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000001abc71f7aafc6b0cda7d27bd-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000001abc71f7aafc6b0cda7d27bd-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000001abc71f7aafc6b0cda7d27bd-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_000000001abc71f7aafc6b0cda7d27bd.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aim Higher Society  get a  Round 2 It <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"73\" src=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000170471f78f939068a056b272-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Aim Higher Society\" class=\"wp-image-73\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000170471f78f939068a056b272-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000170471f78f939068a056b272-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000170471f78f939068a056b272-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000170471f78f939068a056b272-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000170471f78f939068a056b272.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Aim Higher Society  Round 2 It <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"76\" src=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000759071f7b418bf49f811dcb8-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Aim Higher Society\" class=\"wp-image-76\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000759071f7b418bf49f811dcb8-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000759071f7b418bf49f811dcb8-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000759071f7b418bf49f811dcb8-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000759071f7b418bf49f811dcb8-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/file_00000000759071f7b418bf49f811dcb8.png 1254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Get a Round 2 It <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Earliest Known Origins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exact creator is unknown, but documented uses go back at least to the 1960s and likely earlier in folk humor and sales culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some notable references:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The phrase\/object appeared publicly by the <strong>1964 World\u2019s Fair<\/strong> according to etymology references. &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Newspaper advertisements using \u201cRound Tuit\u201d appear in the early 1970s. &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It became popular in:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>sales training<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>motivational speaking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>church groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>office humor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>self-help seminars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Zig Ziglar\u2019s Role<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zig Ziglar did <strong>not invent<\/strong> the Round Tuit, but he became one of the most famous promoters of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He frequently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>carried wooden \u201cRound Tuit\u201d coins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>handed them out during seminars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>used them as a metaphor against procrastination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His 2003 book <em>See You at the Top<\/em> references it directly. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A common Ziglar line was essentially:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow that you\u2019ve got a Round Tuit, you have no excuse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tom Hopkins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tom Hopkins also used the concept heavily in sales training culture during the 1970s\u20131990s, especially:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>follow-up discipline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>daily activity systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>overcoming procrastination<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there\u2019s no strong evidence he originated it either. He inherited it from broader motivational\/sales folklore already circulating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Most Likely Historical Path<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The concept probably evolved like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Common idiom:<br>\u201cI\u2019ll get around to it.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joke reinterpretation:<br>\u201cround tuit\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Novelty coins\/tokens created in office &amp; sales culture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Popularized nationally by:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zig Ziglar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tom Hopkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>church speakers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>sales trainers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>corporate seminar companies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why It Became So Popular<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Round Tuit worked because it combined:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>humor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>accountability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a physical reminder<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>inexpensive giveaway marketing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Which is exactly why it became common in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>sales seminars<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fundraising<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>motivational products<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>corporate swag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>church\/community campaigns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ironically, your recycled plastic fundraising coin idea is spiritually very close to the original use case \u2014 tangible motivational tokens with meaning and humor attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cRound Tuit\u201d predates both Tom Hopkins and Zig Ziglar. It\u2019s an old American pun and novelty item built around the phrase: \u201cI\u2019ll do it when I get around to it.\u201d Someone eventually turned \u201caround to it\u201d into a literal round tuit \u2014 usually a coin, wooden token, or medallion handed to procrastinators as a &#8230; <a title=\"Round Tuit History\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/round-tuit-history\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Round Tuit History\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-113","page","type-page","status-publish"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/113\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aimhighersociety.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}