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Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.

Sam Walton

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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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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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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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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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I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
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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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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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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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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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Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.
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There's absolutely no limit to what plain, ordinary, working people can accomplish if they're given the opportunity and encouragement to do their best.
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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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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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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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Capital isn't scarce vision is.
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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.
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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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I had confidence that as long as we did our work well and were good to our customers, there would be no limit to us.
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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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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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