When Employees Are Happy, They

There Was A Proposal In California That Would Keep Out Wal-mart But Allow Costco. You Opposed It. Are You Nuts? That's True: I Always Oppose These Kinds Of Things. Competition Makes Us Better. Some Of Our Best Stores Have A Sam's Club Next Door.

Driving Stock Up From One Day To The Next Is Not What We Are About. We Are About Building A Good Company And Performing For The Long Term. I Know Everyone Says That, That Sounds Trite When I Repeat It That Way, But That Is And Has Always Been Our Attitude About Our Business. If We Do The Right Things, The Stock Price Will Take Care Of Itself, And Our Shareholders Will Be Rewarded.

Technology Helps Us Become More Efficient And Productive But Our Business Still Has A Lot Of Art As Opposed To Strictly Science.

You Take An Educated Gamble. If You Don't Occasionally Make A Mistake, You're Not Doing Your Job.

When You Hire Good People, And You Provide Good Jobs And Good Wages And A Career, Good Things Are Going To Happen.