We need to put ourselves in the shoes of our customers. That is my new battle cry. Live and breathe Starbucks the way our customers do.
HOWARD SCHULTZVictory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.
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Believe in your dreams and dream big. And then after you’ve done that, dream bigger.
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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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My parents really wanted me to get out of New York, be exposed to other people, other ways of life.
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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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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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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.
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Success is the by-product when you work toward the target.
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To be an enduring, great company, you have to build a mechanism for preventing or solving problems that will long outlast any one individual leader.
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Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
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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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Every step of the way, I made a point to underpromise and overdeliver. In the long run, that’s the only way to ensure security in any job.
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Europe has always represented a major strategic opportunity to achieve our goal of creating and building an enduring global brand.
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Be bold, but be fair. Don’t give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail.
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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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