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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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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
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Samuel Moore Walton
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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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We're all working together that's the secret. And we'll lower the cost of living for everyone, not just in America, but we'll give the world an opportunity to see what it's like to save and have a better lifestyle, a better life for all. We're proud of what we've accomplished we've just begun.
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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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I believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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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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Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.
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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it's amazing what they can accomplish.
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Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
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Some families sell their stocks off a little bit at a time to live high, and then - boom - somebody takes them over, and it all goes down the drain.
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You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient.
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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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Information is power, and the gain you get from empowering your associates more than offsets the risk of informing your competitor.
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