Ken Langone
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
This is the magic sauce.
This is a secret sauce.
Not so much a secret, but it takes effort.
It takes time.
And you try to do everything you can to let these kids know that they really matter, that they can make a difference, that they're intelligent.
Share with us your ideas.
Share with us.
You'd be amazed at the number of great ideas we had that we implemented in the stores that came out of the mind of a kid that barely got out of high school.
We encourage them to be open, to come express themselves.
Sell us.
I gave him, for instance, we're opening a store in Elmont.
So the Wednesday before the store's going to open, I'm in there.
And the kid in the plumbing department comes up to me.
He said, are you somebody in this company?
Yeah.
Come on, I'll show you something.
He said, I'm curious.
Were you guys born stupid or did you become stupid?
Okay.
I said, maybe it's a combination of both.