Good results is not an entitlement. It has to be earned and earned each individual working day via the lens of humility.
HOWARD SCHULTZI 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.
More Howard Schultz Quotes
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Business leaders cannot be bystanders.
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We want passion for our business.. workers who can interpret and execute our mission, who want to build a career, not just take a temporary job.
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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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I can’t imagine a day without coffee. I can’t imagine!
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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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I don’t have any secret sauce and I’m no smarter than anyone else. I will say I have surrounded myself with unbelievable talent that has made my job easier.
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Who wants a dream that’s near-fetched?
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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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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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Starbucks is not an advertiser; people think we are a great marketing company, but in fact we spend very little money on marketing and more money on training our people than advertising.
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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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Any business today that embraces the status quo as an operating principle is going to be on a death march.
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The success of the Starbucks has been based on this balance between profitability and a social conscience. Everywhere we’re doing business, were trying to manage the business through the lens of humanity.
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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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Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
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