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Curiosity doesn't kill the cat it kills the competition.

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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Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.
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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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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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Capital isn't scarce vision is.
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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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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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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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Job security lasts only as long as the customer is satisfied. Nobody owes anybody else a living.
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If one of our customers comes into the store without a smile, I'll give them one of mine.
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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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Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change.
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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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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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I probably have traveled and walked into more variety stores than anybody in America. I am just trying to get ideas, any kind of ideas that will help our company. Most of us don't invent ideas. We take the best ideas from someone else.
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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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Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.
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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 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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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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