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... 2,000 years go — by the width of a horse's derriere! Pegi Flahault, CPCU, ARM is the owner of pf enterprises, LLC, which specializes in agency operations. She can be reached at (317) 575-0018 or e-mail [email protected] . Login or Register (for FREE) to gain access to thousands of other great articles. Need more reasons to join? Need insurance for you, your business or your family? Get quality appointments - Save yourself a whole lot of time & money when you use our directory of carriers, wholesalers and service providers. Negotiate lucrative contracts with carriers and wholesalers. Net result. More revenue for your agency! Clients & Prospects will research you, your co-workers and your agency here. The most comprehensive online insurance industry reference library ... If it isn't broken, don't fix it. Do these statements ring any bells? Here's an example of how we tend to lock ourselves into old ways of thinking. The U.S. standard railroad gauge (the distance between the rails) is 4 feet 8.5 inches — an exceedingly odd number. How did the railroad builders determine that gauge? That's the way they built them in England, and English expatriates built the first U.S. railroads. Why did the English build them like that? The first rail lines were built by the same people who built the pre-railroad tramways, and that was the gauge they used. Why did they use that gauge? The people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools that they used for building wagons, which used the same wheel spacing. Why ...