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We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.

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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
Businessman
Businessperson
Economist
Entrepreneur
Kingfisher
Oklahoma
Samuel Moore Walton
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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
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Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.
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Somehow over the years people have gotten the impression that Wal-Mart was...just this great idea that turned into an overnight success. But...it was an outgrowth of everything we'd been doing since [1945]...And like most overnight successes, it was about twenty years in the making.
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...You can make a positive out of most any negative if you work at it hard enough.
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I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
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If one of our customers comes into the store without a smile, I'll give them one of mine.
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I think I overcame every single one of my personal shortcomings by the sheer passion I brought to my work. I don't know if you're born with this kind of passion, or if you can learn it. But I do know you need it.
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Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
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Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.
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Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune
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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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There are only four things in life that matter. The first is happiness and I'll sell you the other three for a dollar.
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The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. It's terribly important for everyone to get involved. Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.
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