Don’t settle! Embrace a dream–and keep dreaming. Don’t be a bystander. Take it personally.
HOWARD SCHULTZI was taken by the power that savoring a simple cup of coffee can have to connect people and create community.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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You cant build any kind of organization if you’re not going to surround yourself with people who have experience and skill base beyond your own.
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When companies fail, or fail to grow, it’s almost always because they don’t invest in the people, the systems, and the processes they need.
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Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.
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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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We woke up one day, and all the sudden Starbucks was in the middle of this political crossfire between the people who want to bring a gun into Starbucks and the people who want to prevent it. It is a very difficult, fragile situation.
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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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Starbucks trying to build a different kind of company around the balance of profitably and benevolence. A social conscience. And that isn’t a program it has to be a way of life.
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When we began Starbucks, what I wanted to try to do was to create a set of values, guiding principles, and culture.
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Risk more than others think safe.
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My passion. My commitment. This is the most important thing in my life other than my family.
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Customers must recognize that you stand for something.
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I honestly never dreamed at the time that I would one day own the Starbucks and or be in a position where we would have more than 10,000 stores around the world. It has just been an incredible journey for all of us.
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It’s one thing to dream, but when the moment is right, you’ve got to be willing to leave what’s familiar and go out to find your own sound.
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I conduct my life with an expectation that people will do the right thing. Yet even with all my experience, I am still surprised when they do not.
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I believe life is a series of near misses. A lot of what we ascribe to luck is not luck at all. It’s seizing the day and accepting responsibility for your future. It’s seeing what other people don’t see And pursuing that vision.
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