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I've always been driven to buck the system.
Sam Walton
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Sam Walton
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 29
Died: 1992
Died: April 5
Businessman
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Kingfisher
Oklahoma
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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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 pay low wages. I can take advantage of that. We're going to be successful, but the basis is a very low-wage, low-benefit model of employment.
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I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.
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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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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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Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.
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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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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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Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.
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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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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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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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We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
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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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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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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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