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.
HOWARD SCHULTZI 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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The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.
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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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Success is something that has to be earned every day.
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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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Social and digital media is a bullet train, and that bullet train is not coming home.
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One of the fundamental aspects of leadership, I realized more and more, is the ability to instill confidence in others when you yourself are feeling insecure.
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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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Success is best when it is shared.
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Customers must recognize that you stand for something.
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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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Everyone starts strong. Success comes to those with unwavering commitment to be at the end.
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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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Don’t be threatened by people smarter than you.
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The challenge of the retail business is the human condition.
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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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