We would take something old and tired and common – coffee – and weave a sense of romance and community around it. We would rediscover the mystique and charm that had swirled around coffee throughout the centuries.
HOWARD SCHULTZWhatever you do, don’t play it safe. Don’t do things the way they’ve always been done. Don’t try to fit the system. If you do what’s expected of you, you’ll never accomplish more than others expect.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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I never wanted to be on any billionaires list. I never define myself by net worth. I always try to define myself by my values.
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Sometimes you have to create the thing you want to be part of.
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Authentic brands don’t emerge from marketing cubicles or advertising agencies. They emanate from everything the company does.
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We are not in the coffee business serving people, we are in the people business serving coffee.
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You must find something that you deeply love and are passionate about and are willing to sacrifice a lot to achieve.
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Risk more than others think safe.
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Grow with discipline. Balance intuition with rigor. Innovate around the core. Don’t embrace the status quo.
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If you pour your heart into your work, or into any worthy enterprise, you can achieve dreams others may think impossible.
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Success is best when it is shared.
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We have no patent on anything we do and anything we do can be copied by anyone else. But you can’t copy the heart and the soul and the conscience of the company.
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In this ever-changing society, the most powerful and enduring brands are built from the heart.
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My mother taught me something at a young age – she said ‘you are the company you keep.’ To define yourself by some label or some level of resources – that’s pretty shallow.
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Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.
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In life, you can blame a lot of people and you can wallow in self-pity or you can pick yourself up and say listen, I have to be responsible for myself.
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People want to be part of something larger than themselves. They want to be part of something they’re really proud of, that they’ll fight for, sacrifice for, that they trust.
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