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In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. With Starbucks’ position in the marketplace and the respect and relationships we have, we can – and have, in some cases – been able to educate and influence people.

Howard Schultz

Good results is not an entitlement. It has to be earned and earned each individual working day via the lens of humility.
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Day Earn Goodness Humility Result Work
Be bold, but be fair. Don’t give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Bold Give Up Integrity Yourself
People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it.
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Act Action Authority Guidance People Planning Problem Responsibility
Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march.
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Business Death Embrace Operation Principle
Great companies that build an enduring brand have an emotional relationship with customers that has no barrier. And that emotional relationship is on the most important characteristic, which is trust.
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Brand Character Company Emotional Endurance Greatness Relationship Trust
And with the right mentor, don’t be afraid to expose your vulnerabilities. Admit you don’t know what you don’t know. When you acknowledge your weaknesses and ask for advice, you’ll be surprised how much others will help.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Advice Afraid Help Right Surprise Vulnerable Weakness
Entrepreneurs must love what they do to such a degree that doing it is worth sacrifice and, at times, pain. But doing anything else, we think, would be unimaginable.
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Entrepreneur Imagination Love Sacrifice Thinking Worth
Hiring people is an art, not a science, and resumes can’t tell you whether someone will fit into a company’s culture.
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Art Company Culture People Resume Science
Business leaders cannot be bystanders.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Business Leadership One Liner Stand
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.
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Charm Community Old Romance Time Tired
At an early age, my mother gave me this feeling that anything is possible, and I believe that.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

Age Believe Early Feeling Inspirational Mom Myself Possible
Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
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Digital Home Media Social Train
Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.
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Commitment End Inspirational Journey Start Strong
Effective leaders share two intertwined attributes: an unbridled level of confidence about where their organizations are headed, and the ability to bring people along.
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Ability Attribute Leadership Organization People Share
Cutting prices or putting things on sale is not sustainable business strategy.
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Business Price Sales Strategy
Don’t be threatened by people smarter than you.
HOWARD SCHULTZ

People Smart Threat Yourself

In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. With Starbucks’ position in the marketplace and the respect and relationships we have, we can – and have, in some cases – been able to educate and influence people.

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In many places where coffee is grown, deforestation is a major issue. With Starbucks’ position in the marketplace and the respect and relationships we have, we can – and have, in some cases – been able to educate and influence people.

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