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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
Clerks
Innovation
Listening
Best
Ideas
Come

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One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.
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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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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.
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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.
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The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want
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High expectations is the key to everything.
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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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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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Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
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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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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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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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Communicate everything you can to your associates. The more they know, the more they care. Once they care, there is no stopping them.
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Individuals don't win in business, teams do.
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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 think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart.
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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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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