{"id":2288,"date":"2010-09-14T16:06:57","date_gmt":"2010-09-14T20:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2010-09-17T07:29:36","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T11:29:36","slug":"book-review-sam-waltons-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=2288","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Sam Walton&#8217;s Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sam-Waltons-Way-ebook\/dp\/B0036IODHE\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1284401259&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2289\" title=\"51-47fsncvl_sl160_ss150_\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/51-47fsncvl_sl160_ss150_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever shopped at WalMart? \u00a0I grew up in Memphis which is just a few hours away from Rogers, Arkansas, the home of WalMart. \u00a0I have always been interested in Sam Walton as I have always heard great things about him and his work ethic. \u00a0Amazon had a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sam-Waltons-Way-ebook\/dp\/B0036IODHE\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;m=AG56TWVU5XWC2&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1284409811&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sam Walton&#8217;s Way<\/em><\/a> available for free in their Kindle store a few weeks back, so I downloaded a copy to read. \u00a0This was a quick read, maybe 30 minutes at the most.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some things that I highlighted as I was reading:<br \/>\n<!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<ul>\n<li>Running a chain of variety stores was fine, but Walton had bigger things in mind; he was ready to take his vision to the next level.<\/li>\n<li>With each new store Walton aimed to raise his game. One of the defining elements of his personality was his voracious curiosity about all things retail.<\/li>\n<li>For people of limited means, value trumped loyalty.<\/li>\n<li>Under Walton, Wal-Mart was all about learning from the market, not dictating to it.<\/li>\n<li>This continuous information flow and improvement cycle left competitors gasping to catch up.<\/li>\n<li>So, building on the alchemy of his folksy personality, his driving charisma, and his belief in enlisting his people and making working at Wal-Mart at least a little bit fun, Walton built a unique culture that thrived for almost 40 years.<\/li>\n<li>Sam Walton was a restless soul, a perpetual motion machine, and after building the most successful retail operation in history he craved another challenge. Enter Sam\u2019s Club, the successful, members-only discount stores where bulk groceries and sundries are sold at amazingly low prices.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever shopped at WalMart? \u00a0I grew up in Memphis which is just a few hours away from Rogers, Arkansas, the home of WalMart. \u00a0I have always been interested in Sam Walton as I have always heard great things about him and his work ethic. \u00a0Amazon had a copy of Sam Walton&#8217;s Way available [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review","category-leadership"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2288\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}