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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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Exceed your customer's expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want - and a little more.
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I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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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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I've always been driven to buck the system.
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I learned a lesson which has stuck with me all through the years: you can learn from everybody. I didn't just learn from reading every retail publication I could get my hands on, I probably learned the most from studying what John Dunham was doing across the street
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.
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A computer can tell you down to the dime what you've sold, but it can never tell you how much you could have sold.
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Our best ideas come from clerks and stockboys.
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High expectations are the key to everything.
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I'd hate to see any descendants of mine fall into the category of what I'd call 'idle rich' - a group I've never had much use for.
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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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The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.
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Ignore the conventional wisdom. If everybody else is doing it one way, there’s a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.
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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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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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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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