When My Books Came Out,

I'm Very Clear About What I Believe.

Outside Advice Can Only Tell You How A Decision Looks. Only You Can Know How It Feels. The Best Decisions Look And Feel Right.

Wal-mart's Size And Scale Is So Vast They Literally Have The Ability To Change The Face Of The Entire Country. If Wal-mart Were To Make A Decision Tomorrow To Refuse To Sell A Single Product Made With Partially Hydrogenated Oils, For Example, We'd Probably See Rates From Heart Disease Decline A Few Years Later. That's How Powerful Wal-mart Is.

Pure Pragmatism Can't Imagine A Bold Future. Pure Idealism Can't Get Anything Done. It Is The Delicate Blend Of Both That Drives Innovation.

We Can Rationalize Anything And Easily Quit On Ourselves. Leadership Is Refusing To Quit On Others.