Sam Walton's Strategies for Business Success
in Tough Economic Times©

"Wouldn’t it be great to learn Sam Walton’s success
strategies? Now you can!"

Did you know that when he died, Sam Walton, the founder of Wal-Mart, was the world’s richest man? Interestingly, when he started his business he faced adversity that almost led to failure. You see, he had an economic crisis when bankers refused to lend him money, and some of his product suppliers created a credit crisis for him when they forced him to agree to pay cash on delivery before they would ship products to his stores. It seemed everyone lacked confidence in his business strategy at a time when he needed to count on their support the most.

For Sam Walton to succeed, in those early and difficult days, took a singularity of focus, passionate leadership, and a never say die attitude! He had to overcome his own fear of failure and refocus himself on what to do to succeed. In the end he overcame all of those early obstacles, his own fears, and the cynicism of all of those early naysayers, who incorrectly predicted his demise. Sam Walton had the last laugh as he grew his business from a single store to become the world’s largest company. Along the way he also became the world’s richest man!

Wouldn’t it be great to learn Sam Walton’s success strategies? Now you can! In this speech, Michael Bergdahl will review not only the strategies, but the tactics followed by Sam Walton to overcome what appeared to be an insurmountable cash and credit crisis, that threatened the viability of his business. Audience members will learn his 7 core strategies and the 10 self-professed leadership rules he followed to grow his business.

NOTE: You can supplement this speech by providing audience members with a copy of one or both of Michael Bergdahl’s books:
Book 1: What I Learned from Sam Walton: How to compete and Thrive in a Wal-Mart World
Book 2: The 10 Rules of Sam Walton: Success Secrets for Remarkable Results

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