Sam Walton
Sam Walton
Samuel Moore "Sam" Waltonwas an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth29 March 1918
CityKingfisher, OK
CountryUnited States of America
In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well.
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I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.
I've never been one to dwell on reverses.
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Appreciate everything your associates do for the business. Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.
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You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient.
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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.
trying
Do it. Try it. Fix it.
paper littles financial
It's just paper - all I own is a pickup truck and a little Wal-Mart stock.
senior teamwork jobs
The job of senior management is to cultivate an environment where store managers can learn from the market and from each other.
needs
Take the best out of everything and adapt it to your needs.
everyday mind get-up
I had to get up everyday with my mind set on improving something.
business educational commitment
Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community.
cat competition curiosity
Curiosity doesn't kill the cat; it kills the competition.
motivation bucks driven
I've always been driven to buck the system.