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.
HOWARD SCHULTZIf you want to achieve widespread impact and lasting value, be bold.
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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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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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This may sound a bit naive, but I got here by believing in big dreams.
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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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A great business has to have a conscience. You have to know who you are and who you are not.
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Success is the by-product when you work toward the target.
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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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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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The challenge of the retail business is the human condition.
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People around the world, they want the authentic Starbucks experience.
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Sometimes you have to create the thing you want to be part of.
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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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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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Business leaders cannot be bystanders.
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I think that sometimes the difference between winning and losing, success and failure, is this gray line between will, passion and self-belief that says, ‘I’m going to do this’.
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