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It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.

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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
Mart
Truck
Stock
Financial
Paper
Littles
Little
Pickup

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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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When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.
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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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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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I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
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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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High expectations are the key to everything.
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Capital isn't scarce vision is.
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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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I've always been driven to buck the system.
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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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The goal as a company is to have customer service that is not just the best, but legendary.
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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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Expenses should never exceed one percent of our purchases.
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Focus on something the customer wants, and then deliver it.
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Do it. Try it. Fix it.
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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 believe in always having goals, and always setting them high.
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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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