#custom

The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent. ↗

— L. Neil Smith

#average #believe #customers #doing #eighty

I have never smuggled anything in my life. Why, then, do I feel an uneasy sense of guilt on approaching a customs barrier? ↗

— John Steinbeck

#approaching #barrier #customs #feel #guilt

And we had our own laws. I mean, I wrote them. And we had our own customs, and traditions, and proprieties. ↗

— James Stockdale

#had #i #laws #mean #our

When you’re busy, avoid taking the quickest action. Instead make the extra effort to truly serve the customer. ↗

— Marilyn Suttle

#customer-service #inspirational #self-improvement #success #business

The code-of-ethics playlist: o Treat your colleagues, family, and friends with respect, dignity, fairness, and courtesy. o Pride yourself in the diversity of your experience and know that you have a lot to offer. o Commit to creating and supporting a world that is free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. o Have balance in your life and help others to do the same. o Invest in yourself, achieve ongoing enhancement of your skills, and continually upgrade your abilities. o Be approachable, listen carefully, and look people directly in the eyes when speaking. o Be involved, know what is expected from you, and let others know what is expected from them. o Recognize and acknowledge achievement. o Celebrate, relive, and communicate your successes on an ongoing basis. ↗

— Lorii Myers

#business-culture #business-management-training #business-quotes #business-success #customer-service

Love is only surpassing sweet when it is directed toward a mortal object, and the secret of this ultimate sweetness only is defined by the bitterness of death. Thus the white peoples of the world foresee a time when their land with its rivers and mountains still lies under heaven as it does today, but other people dwell there; when their language is entombed in books, and their laws and customs have lost their living power. ↗

— Franz Rosenzweig

#customs #death #europe #language #law

There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else. ↗

— Sam Walton

#boss #chairman #company #customer #down

Each Wal-Mart store should reflect the values of its customers and support the vision they hold for their community. ↗

— Sam Walton

#customers #each #hold #reflect #should

There are many advantages in their being accustomed to the use of arms, and no possible disadvantage. ↗

— Joel Barlow

#advantages #arms #being #disadvantage #many

Our business is about technology, yes. But it's also about operations and customer relationships. ↗

— Michael Dell

#also #business #customer #operations #our