Swim upstream. Go the other way. Ignore the conventional wisdom.
Sam Walton.
“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.”
“If everybody is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going exactly in the opposite direction.”
“Give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people.”
“High expectations are the key to everything.”
“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...”
“All of us profit from being corrected - if we're corrected in a positive way.”
“I never realizedtill nowhow hard the brain has to workto make the body do what it asks.Or maybe how hard the body has to workto ignorethe brain.”
“I've been ignored by prettier women than you, but none who carried the heavy pitchers of silenceso far, without spilling a drop.”
“You were scared they were going to laugh at you, right? So let them! People who discourage others will never find their own happiness!”
“Where there is a will, there is a way.”
“Love will find its way through all languages on its own.”
“Sometimes just when I say hello the right way, I'm like, 'Whoa, I'm so cool.'”